E-mail spam legislation by country

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The following table represents laws in respective countries which restrict the use of E-mail spam.

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

Country Legislation SectionImplemented Ref
File:Flag of Argentina.svg ArgentinaPersonal Data Protection Act (2000)§27October 30, 2000[2][3]
File:Flag of Australia.svg AustraliaSpam Act 2003Part 212 December 2003 [4]
File:Flag of Austria.svg AustriaAustrian Telecommunications Act 1997 §107 [5]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BelgiumLoi du 11 mars 2003 27 March 2003 [5]
  File:Flag of Brazil.svg BrazilNone (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam)[6]
File:Flag of Canada.svg CanadaPersonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000 (PIPEDA)[7]
File:Flag of Canada.svg CanadaBill C-27 Electronic Commerce Protection Act 2009 (TBA) (ECPA)[8]
  File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaRegulations on Internet E-Mail Services 30 March 2006[5]
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg CyprusRegulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004§6[9]
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicAct No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services§7[9]
File:Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkDanish marketing practices act §6 [5]
File:Flag of Europe.svg European UnionDirective on Privacy and Electronic CommunicationsArt.1331 October 2003 [10]
File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandAct on Data Protection in Electronic Communications (516/2004) [5]
  File:Flag of France.svg FranceLoi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique
("Law of June 21 2004 for the confidence in the numerical economy")		Art.22 [5]
  File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyGesetz gegen Unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG)
("Act against Unfair Competition")		Art.7 [5][11]
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong KongUnsolicited Electronic Messaging Ordinance22 December 2007[12]
File:Flag of Hungary.svg HungaryAct CVIII of 2001 on Electronic CommerceArt.14 [5]
  File:Flag of India.svg IndiaNone (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 §67)[13]
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg IndonesiaUndang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law)[14]
File:Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandEuropean Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003Section 13 (1) (b)6 November 2003[15]
File:Flag of Israel.svg IsraelCommunications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982 (Amendment 2008) Art.30December 2008[16][17]
File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyData Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003) §130 [5][18]
  File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanThe Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail April 2002[5]
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg MalaysiaCommunications and Multimedia Act 1998 [19]
File:Flag of Malta.svg MaltaData Protection Act (CAP 440) §10[20][21]
File:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoNone[9]
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsDutch Telecommunications ActArt.11.7 [5][22]
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 All 5 September 2007 [23]
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg PakistanPrevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 §1431 December 2007[24][25]
  File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaNone (Loosley Russian Civil Code: Art.309)[9]
File:Flag of Singapore.svg SingaporeSpam Control Act 200715 June 2007 [26]
  File:Flag of South Korea.svg South KoreaAct on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection of 2001Art.50[9]
File:Flag of Spain.svg SpainAct 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce [5][27]
File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenMarknadsföringslagen (1995:450)
"Swedish Marketing Act"		§13b [5][28][29]
  File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United KingdomPrivacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003)All16 December 2003 [30]

The following table represents laws in respective countries which allow the use of E-mail spam.

Country Legislation SectionImplemented Ref
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg BulgariaThe Law of electronic commerce (2006)Чл.5,6December 26, 2006[31]

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  1. ↑ Spamhaus:The 10 Worst Spam Origin Countries
  2. ↑ PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT
  3. ↑ Argentina Personal Data Protection Act (2000)
  4. ↑ SPAM ACT 2003
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 OECD Task Force
  6. ↑ www.spamlaws.com
  7. ↑ Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
  8. ↑ Electronic Commerce Protection Act
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 ITU SURVEY ON ANTI-SPAM LEGISLATION WORLDWIDE
  10. ↑ http://europa.eu/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_201/l_20120020731en00370047.pdf
  11. ↑ The New German Act Against Unfair Competition, Jan Peter Heidenreich
  12. ↑ http://www.ofta.gov.hk/EN/UEM/uemo_i.pdf
  13. ↑ Laws For Spam Regulation
  14. ↑ Indonesian Government Ratified Internet Law: Death to Bloggers' Voice?
  15. ↑ SI 535/2003 in the Irish Statute Book
  16. ↑ (Hebrew)חוק התקשורת (בזק ושידורים), התשמ"ב-1982
  17. ↑ Zvi Zrahiya (2008-03-26). "Economic Affairs committee approves: NIS 200,000 fine for spam". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEng.jhtml?itemNo=968457. 
  18. ↑ http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/doc.jsp?ID=1030925
  19. ↑ http://www.skmm.gov.my/what_we_do/ins/regulatory.asp
  20. ↑ Data Protection Act
  21. ↑ Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
  22. ↑ http://www.dutchdpa.nl/documenten/en_wetten_wbp.shtml?refer=true&theme=purple
  23. ↑ New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs
  24. ↑ AMLAW: Electronic/Cyber Crimes Ordinance Promulgated in Pakistan
  25. ↑ Full Text of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007
  26. ↑ The Spam Control Act Comes Into Effect
  27. ↑ Act 34/2002
  28. ↑ Swedish Marketing Act
  29. ↑ The Marketing Act
  30. ↑ CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
  31. ↑ ЗАКОН ЗА ЕЛЕКТРОННАТА ТЪРГОВИЯ
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