{"id":352678,"date":"2016-04-04T10:42:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/consumer\/online-scams\/the-can-spam-act-trying-to-protect-consumers-from-unsolicited.html"},"modified":"2024-04-11T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:53:54","slug":"the-can-spam-act-trying-to-protect-consumers-from-unsolicited","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/consumer\/online-scams\/the-can-spam-act-trying-to-protect-consumers-from-unsolicited.html","title":{"rendered":"The CAN-SPAM Act: Consumer Protection From Unsolicited Commercial Email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The CAN-SPAM Act: Consumer Protection From Unsolicited Commercial Email<\/h1>\n
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Spam. We all get it. There are many names to describe it\u2014junk mail, unsolicited commercial email, and spam email. You might find yourself spending too much time trying to sort out legitimate business and personal emails from bad. Spam emails are frustrating and can seem endless.<\/p>\r\n

The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, or the CAN-SPAM Act, aims to reduce the burden that consumers face in their inboxes. Unfortunately, it hasn’t entirely stopped the flood of unsolicited junk mail.<\/p>\r\n

Risks of Unsolicited Spam Email<\/h2>\r\n

Online spam<\/a> is abundant on the internet. But you may be more likely to see and interact with spam when it goes directly into your email inbox. Spam emails create many hazards for consumers\u2014they can enable deception.<\/p>\r\n

Unsolicited email messages can raise issues such as:<\/p>\r\n