California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1.8 - Restrictions On Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Advertisers

• Section 17529.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) Roughly 40 percent of all e-mail traffic in the United States is comprised of unsolicited commercial...
• Section 17529.1.
  For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Advertiser” means a person or entity that advertises through the use of commercial e-mail advertisements.(b) “California electronic...
• Section 17529.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or entity may not do any of the following:(a) Initiate or advertise in an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement...
• Section 17529.3.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or restrict the adoption, implementation, or enforcement by a provider of Internet access service of a...
• Section 17529.4.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to collect electronic mail addresses posted on the Internet if the purpose of the collection is for...
• Section 17529.5.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to advertise in a commercial e-mail advertisement either sent from California or sent to a California electronic...
• Section 17529.8.
  (a) (1) In addition to any other remedies provided by this article or by any other provisions of law, a recipient of an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement...
• Section 17529.9.
  The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect any...

Last modified: October 22, 2018