When it comes to regulating commercial email, California has a checkered history at best. 2003 – California Almost Shuts Down Commercial Email In 2003, California almost shut down all commercial email in the United States when it passed the poorly drafted California Anti-Spam Act (“CASA”) banning the sending of unsolicited commercial email. I testified against…
NEXT CYBER LAW AND BUSINESS REPORT WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2012 10AM – 11AM PACIFIC ON WEBMASTERRADIO.FM SEGMENT 1: JOHN DU WORS and LEEOR NETA talk about their successful effort to have the California Spam Law declared unconstitutional as preempted by Federal law. Backgrounder SEGMENT 2: JILLIAN YORK, the Director of International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier…
NOTEBOOK John Du Wors, Newman Du Wors Leeor Neta, Golden Gate University Du Wors and Neta won a major victory last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California when the court dismissed a claim under the California state spam law as preempted by the CAN-SPAM Act. I The Case Davison…
IN THE COURTS Zip and Spam California Supreme Court Rules Zip Codes Are Private The Song-Beverly Credit Card prohibits a retailer from requiring or requesting that a consumer provide certain personal information. In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court held that a consumer’s zip code fell within the reach of the statute. As there are…
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