Email spam legislation by country

The following table represents laws in respective countries which restrict the use of Email spam.

Note: Countries marked with red are listed in the Spamhaus' Worst Spam Origin Countries (March 2020).[1]

	Country	Legislation	Section	Implemented	Ref
	Argentina	Personal Data Protection Act (2000)	§ 27	October 30, 2000	[2][3]
	Australia	Spam Act 2003	Part 2	12 December 2003	[4]
	Austria	Austrian Telecommunications Act 1997	§ 107		[5]
	Belgium	Wet van 11 maart 2003 betreffende bepaalde juridische aspecten van de diensten van de informatiemaatschappij / Loi du 11 mars 2003 sur certains aspects juridiques des services de la société de l'information ("Law of March 11 2003 concerning certain legal aspects of information society services")		27 March 2003	[5]
	Brazil	None (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam)			[6]
	Bulgaria	The Law of electronic commerce (2006)	Чл.5,6	December 26, 2006	[7]
	Canada	Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000 (PIPEDA)			[8]
	Canada	Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act 2010			[9]
	Canada	Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation 2014 (CASL)			[10]
	China	Regulations on Internet email Services		30 March 2006	[5]
	Colombia	Law of Habeas Data	§ 6	31 December 2008	[11]
	Croatia	Electronic Communications Act	§ 107	22 July 2017	[12]
	Cyprus	Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004	§ 6		[13]
	Czech Republic	Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services	§ 7		[13]
	Denmark	Danish marketing practices act	§ 10		[5]
	Estonia	Electronic Communications Act	§ 103	1 January 2005	[14]
	European Union	Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications	Art. 13	31 October 2003	[15]
	Finland	Act on Data Protection in Electronic Communications (516/2004)			[5]
	France	Loi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique ("Law of June 21 2004 for confidence in the digital economy")	Art. 22		[5]
	Germany	Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) ("Unfair Competition Act")	§ 7		[5][16]
	Hong Kong	Unsolicited Electronic Messaging Ordinance		22 December 2007	[17]
	Hungary	Act CVIII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce	Art. 14		[5]
	India	None (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 § 67)			[18]
	Indonesia	Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law)			[19]
	Ireland	European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003	Section 13 (1) (b)	6 November 2003	[20]
	Israel	Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982 (Amendment 2008)	Art. 30	December 2008	[21]
	Italy	Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003)	§ 130		[5][22]
	Japan	The Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail		April 2002	[5]
	Malaysia	Communications and Multimedia Act 1998			[23]
	Malta	Data Protection Act (CAP 440)	§ 10		[24][25]
	Mexico	None			[13]
	Netherlands	Dutch Telecommunications Act	Art. 11.7		[5][26]
	New Zealand	Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007	All	5 September 2007	[27]
	Norway	Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (markedsføringsloven)	Chap. 3 - § 15	1 March 2001	[28]
	Pakistan	Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007	§ 14	31 December 2007	[29][30]
	Russia	None (loosely: Russian Civil Code: Art. 309)			[13]
	Singapore	Spam Control Act 2007		15 June 2007	[31]
	South Africa	Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002	§ 45		[32]
	South Africa	Consumer Protection Act, 2008	§ 11	October 2010	[33]
	South Korea	Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection of 2001	Art. 50		[13]
	Spain	Act 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce			[5][34]
	Sweden	Marknadsföringslagen (1995:450) "Swedish Marketing Act"	§ 13b		[5][35][36]
	Switzerland	Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (2007)	Art. 3, Buchst. o		[37]
	Turkey	Elektronik Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun "Act About Regulation of E-Commerce"			[5][38][39]
	Ukraine
	United Kingdom	Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
	United States	Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003)	All	16 December 2003	[40]

See also

• Email spam
• Spamming
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE)
• List of countries by number of Internet users

External links

• Piercing the Corporate Veil and Corporate Groups

References

1. The Spamhaus Project - The Top 10 Worst Countries
2. "PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
3. "Argentina Personal Data Protection Act (2000)". Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
4. SPAM ACT 2003
5. "OECD Task Force". Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. www.spamlaws.com
7. ЗАКОН ЗА ЕЛЕКТРОННАТА ТЪРГОВИЯ
8. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
9. Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act
10. Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation
11. "Ley Habeas Data" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
12. "Zakon o elektroničkim komunikacijama". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
13. ITU SURVEY ON ANTI-SPAM LEGISLATION WORLDWIDE
14. Electronic Communications Act
15. "EUR-Lex - 32002L0058 - EN - EUR-Lex".
16. The New German Act Against Unfair Competition, Jan Peter Heidenreich
17. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-08-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
18. Laws For Spam Regulation
19. Indonesian Government Ratified Internet Law: Death to Bloggers' Voice?
20. SI 535/2003 in the Irish Statute Book
21. (in Hebrew)חוק התקשורת (בזק ושידורים), התשמ"ב-1982
22. "Docweb - Garante Privacy".
23. http://www.skmm.gov.my/what_we_do/ins/regulatory.asp
24. Data Protection Act
25. Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
26. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-24. Retrieved 2008-08-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
27. New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs
28. "Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (Markedsføringsloven) - Lovdata".
29. "AMLAW: Electronic/Cyber Crimes Ordinance Promulgated in Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
30. "Full Text of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
31. "The Spam Control Act Comes Into Effect". Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
34. "Act 34/2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
35. Swedish Marketing Act
36. The Marketing Act
37. "SR 241 Bundesgesetz vom 19. Dezember 1986 gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG)".
38. Act About Regulation of E-Commerce
39. The Marketing Act
40. "CAN-SPAM Act of 2003". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2008-08-12.