CAN-SPAM Signed into Law - On December 15, President Bush signed the CAN-SPAM Act. The new law, intended to curb spam email, will take effect January 1. It requires all commercial emailers to provide Internet users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving further messages, prohibits sending email with false header information, and sets civil penalties for deceptive subject lines on commercial email. CDT believes that the new law may slow the growth of spam, but is uncertain whether users will see a noticeable drop off in volume. For advice on how to avoid spam, see CDT's report "Why Am I Getting All This Spam?" December 16, 2003

• CDT's section-by-section analysis of the CAN-SPAM Act [PDF] December 01, 2003
• "Why Am I Getting All This Spam?" [PDF] March 19, 2003
• Text of the CAN-SPAM Act [off-site]
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