The US Federal Trade Commission very recently announced that they’re imposing a $2.95 million fine against security camera firm Verkada for, among other things, violating CAN-SPAM , the US Fede…
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As reported by Reuters and many others: "A U.S. judge has thrown out a Republican National Committee lawsuit accusing Alphabet's Google of intentionally misdirecting th…
Here's Mickey Chandler in one of his new videos talking about a recent decision of potential interest to those in email marketing land. This case is one of a number of rece…
As reported previously , the State of California tried to tell Jay Fink that he needed a Private Investigator's license to be able to legally review and investigate spam emai…
Hard to believe that it's been nearly fourteen years since Holomaxx sued various spam filterers and internet service providers , alleging that their mail was being unfairly f…
In April, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported that eyewear manufacturer and retailer Luxottica "has paid a $1,512,500 penalty for sending more than 2…
Joel "Jay" Fink’s business is at risk – that business being a wonderfully niche endeavor involving a hunt through your spam archive looking for things that may be legal…
It seems like a good day to decode another deliverability acronym. It's DELIVTERMS! The annoyingly random ongoing feature from Spam Resource, where we explain all those confu…
Eric Goldman is Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, at Santa Clara University. And he blogs about legal stuff, often stuff rela…
Mike Masnick from Techdirt's got a scathing breakdown of how the judge just wasn't buying what the RNC was selling ; derisively detailing their failure to prove Google bi…
As mentioned earlier , the FTC recently announced a proposed settlement with Experian, taking action against them for allegedly sending commercial emails while claiming those ema…
Remember that the RNC had sued Google , alleging that RNC emails were being unfairly dropped into Gmail spam folders due to political animus on the part of Google? Well, so far,…
Previously I've talked about the affirmative consent standard found in the US federal anti-spam law (CAN-SPAM). I've found it very useful test when trying to understand …
There's a term you don't hear every day: electronic mail fraud. Apparently it's just one of a litany of charges brought against four employees of a company called Ad…
"Is this message transactional, or is it commercial?" That's a question I get asked quite regularly as a deliverability consultant. Note that I am not a lawyer, so…
I saw somebody ask recently how best to label their email marketing messages as an advertisement. Their intent was to comply with CAN-SPAM, the US federal anti-spam law. Though I…
What is COI/DOI? It's just address validation and permission verification -- you send a welcome or verification message and the recipient has to click on a link to prove they…
Compliance with spam laws is still a necessary thing, you know. And failing to follow the rules can get really, really expensive. A few weeks ago, the Australian Communications a…
Giang Thi Huong Tran of Tilleke & Gibbins explains updated spam laws in Vietnam over on Lexology: "On August 14, 2020, the government of Vietnam issued Decree 91/2020/N…
