Anti-Spam Laws

Check out our information on the anti-spam laws of countries outside the European Union.

Argentina

• Personal Data Protection Act (2000)
• Pablo Palazzi, Habeas Data (News about Data Protection, Computer Law & Habeas Data in Latin America)
• AntiSPAM - Argentina

Australia

• Spam Act 2003 (also available in PDF)
• DCITA Information Economy: Spam
• Internet Industry Association Privacy Code of Practice
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk Email, Australia (CAUBE.AU)

Brazil

• Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam

Canada

• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-6 (enacted Apr. 4, 2000)
• Industry Canada, Discussion Paper: E-Mail Marketing: Consumer Choices and Business Opportunities (January 2003)
• Industry Canada, Internet and Bulk Unsolicited Electronic Mail (SPAM) (July 1999)
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, Canada (CAUCE CANADA)

India

• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, India (CAUCE India)

Japan

• Japan Today: Law on Unsolicited Email Takes Effect
• ITworld.com: Spam-Blocking Law Proposed in Japan

Panama

• MataSpam Forum

Peru

• Antispam Perú

Russia

• Antispam.ru
• Victor Naumov, Legal Aspects of Spam in Russia
• EuroCAUCE Survey: Russia

South Korea

• Ministry of Information and Communication, Regulations on Spam Mails to Be Tightened (January 23, 2003)
• Ministry of Information and Communication, Rules and Regulations

Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Anti-Spam Initiative (YASI)
• EuroCAUCE Survey: Yugoslavia