See related Politech message: "Alleged spammer claims California anti-spam law is unconstitutional" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03114.html --- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:37:50 -0700 To: declanat_private From: dano <danoat_private> Subject: Calif AG going after Calif spammers? http://caag.state.ca.us/_misc/content/spam.htm --- SPAM MAIL The Attorney General's Office is looking for examples of spam e-mails being sent to consumers in violation of California law, particularly from persons operating in California. While we have valuable leads from spam posted in various newsgroups and mailing lists, we would like to obtain certain examples directly from individuals who would be prepared to verify, in a written statement under oath, information about the spam they received. Please send your examples (as attachments, with all header information) to: caspamat_private If you prefer to submit spam samples in printed form, you can download and print our complaint form for that purpose, available at: http://caag.state.ca.us/contact/unsolicited_email.pdf. If you are submitting spam on paper, please be sure to include all headers. The Attorney General's Office is looking for samples of spam that meet all of the following conditions: 1. You are the recipient of the spam and you are a resident of California. 2. The spam was delivered via servers located in California (sender's, recipient's or intermediary server will suffice). 3. There is some indication that the spammer is operating in California, such as a California telephone number or address for orders. If you can identify the spammer and have information from other sources showing that the spammer is in California, that will also work. 4. The spam fails to comply with the statutory restrictions. To comply, the unsolicited advertising emails' subject line must begin with "ADV:", the first text in the message must offer a toll-free number or functioning email address for removal of the recipient from further unsolicited emails, and that statement must be in a type size as large as most of the other text. [Note: The statute also makes it an offense to fail to honor a request for removal included as outlined above, and we would like to get evidence of specific instances of that involving California residents.] To view California law governing spam, see Section 17538.4 of the Business & Professions Code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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