[Ecommerce] Japanese spam law

Thu May 9 11:17:00 2002

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Separated two law that aim to spam has enacted in 
April, 2002.

Specific Revised Specific Trade Practice Act has 
passed in April 11, 2002. and  Specific Electronic 
Mail Sending Act has passed in April 12, 2002.

Revised Trade Practice Act regulate senders
of unsolicited commercial e-mail by opt out rule.
When a consumer ask to unsolicited e-mail sender
not to deliver a e-mail, the sender can not send it.
Senders have to present their contact manner to
be able for a consumer to be able to ask them.

Specific E-mail Fair Sending Act aims to regulate
senders of spam mail. The act mandate a sender to
present specific matters; specific e-mail, name and
address of sender, e-mail address of sending and
reception. False e-mail address is prohibited.

Sending e-mail to false e-mail address programmed
by the way of advertising is prohibited.

The Minister of States can make a correcting order 
to  the offender against the law. The administrating 
body can make boarding visit and fine up to JPY 
500,000 to the offender.

Takeshi Muramoto
Consumer Law News Network
musan@mba.sphere.ne.jp

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