Email spam legislation by country

The following table represents laws in respective countries or jurisdictions which restrict the use of Email spam.

Note: Countries / Jurisdictions marked with red are listed in the Spamhaus' Worst Spam Origin Countries (March 2020).^[1]

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	Jurisdiction	Legislation	Section	Implemented	Ref.
	Argentina	Personal Data Protection Act (2000)	§ 27	October 30, 2000	[2][3]
	Australia	Spam Act 2003	Part 2	12 December 2003	[4]
	Austria	Austrian Telecommunications Act 1997	§ 107		[5]
	Belgium	Wet van 11 maart 2003 betreffende bepaalde juridische aspecten van de diensten van de informatiemaatschappij / Loi du 11 mars 2003 sur certains aspects juridiques des services de la société de l'information ("Law of March 11, 2003 concerning certain legal aspects of information society services")		27 March 2003	[5]
	Brazil	None (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam)			[6]
	Bulgaria	The Law of electronic commerce (2006)	Чл.5,6	December 26, 2006	[7]
	Canada	Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000 (PIPEDA)			[8]
	Canada	Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act 2010			[9]
	Canada	Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation 2014 (CASL)			[10]
	China	Regulations on Internet email Services		30 March 2006	[5]
	Colombia	Law of Habeas Data	§ 6	31 December 2008	[11]
	Croatia	Electronic Communications Act	§ 107	22 July 2017	[12]
	Cyprus	Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004	§ 6		[13]
	Czech Republic	Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services	§ 7		[13]
	Denmark	Danish marketing practices act	§ 10		[5]
	Estonia	Electronic Communications Act	§ 103	1 January 2005	[14]
	European Union	Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications	Art. 13	31 October 2003	[15]
	Finland	Act on Data Protection in Electronic Communications (516/2004)			[5]
	France	Loi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique ("Law of June 21, 2004 for confidence in the digital economy")	Art. 22		[5]
	Germany	Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) ("Unfair Competition Act")	§ 7		[5][16]
	Hong Kong	Unsolicited Electronic Messaging Ordinance		22 December 2007	[17]
	Hungary	Act CVIII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce	Art. 14		[5]
	India	None (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 § 67)			[18]
	Indonesia	Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law)			[19]
	Ireland	European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003	Section 13 (1) (b)	6 November 2003	[20]
	Israel	Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982 (Amendment 2008)	Art. 30	December 2008	[21]
	Italy	Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003)	§ 130		[5][22]
	Japan	The Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail		April 2002	[5]
	Malaysia	Communications and Multimedia Act 1998			[23]
	Malta	Data Protection Act (CAP 440)	§ 10		[24][25]
	Mexico	None			[13]
	Netherlands	Dutch Telecommunications Act	Art. 11.7		[5][26]
	New Zealand	Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007	All	5 September 2007	[27]
	Norway	Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (markedsføringsloven)	Chap. 3 - § 15	1 March 2001	[28]
	Pakistan	Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007	§ 14	31 December 2007	[29][30]
	Russia	None (loosely: Russian Civil Code: Art. 309)			[13]
	Singapore	Spam Control Act 2007		15 June 2007	[31]
	South Africa	Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002	§ 45		[32]
	South Africa	Consumer Protection Act, 2008	§ 11	October 2010	[33]
	South Korea	Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection	Art. 50		[34]
	Spain	Act 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce			[5][35]
	Sweden	Marknadsföringslagen (1995:450) "Swedish Marketing Act"	§ 13b		[5][36][37]
	Switzerland	Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (2007)	Art. 3, Buchst. o		[38]
	Turkey	Elektronik Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun "Act About Regulation of E-Commerce"			[5][39][37]
	Ukraine
	United Kingdom	Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
	United States	Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003)	All	16 December 2003	[40]

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