CIPP/US CAN-SPAM
What is the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act.
Aside from the ability to make and enforce laws and regs, what does the U.S. legal system rely
on? - ANS-1. Legal precedent based on court decisions 2. Doctrines implicit in legal precedent
3. Customs and uses of legal precedent
What are two key areas of the common law? - ANS-Contracts and torts.
What regulatory agencies are required by law to issue regulations and rules - ANS-FTC
(Federal Trade Commission) or the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).
What do rules and regulations passed by regulatory agencies do? - ANS-These rules and
regulations place specific compliance expectations on the marketplace.
In what year was the CAN-SPAM Act passed? - ANS-2003
Which entity passed the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-U.S. Congress.
What does the CAN-SPAM Act require? - ANS-CAN-SPAM Act requires the senders of
commercial e-mail messages to offer an "opt-out" option to recipients of those messages.
Which agencies enforce the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-FTC and FCC.
What does the CAN-SPAM Act allow the FTC and FCC to do? - ANS-It provides the FTC and
the FCC with the authority to issue regulations that set forth exactly how the opt-out mechanism
must be offered and managed.
What is the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act.
Aside from the ability to make and enforce laws and regs, what does the U.S. legal system rely
on? - ANS-1. Legal precedent based on court decisions 2. Doctrines implicit in legal precedent
3. Customs and uses of legal precedent
What are two key areas of the common law? - ANS-Contracts and torts.
What regulatory agencies are required by law to issue regulations and rules - ANS-FTC
(Federal Trade Commission) or the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).
What do rules and regulations passed by regulatory agencies do? - ANS-These rules and
regulations place specific compliance expectations on the marketplace.
In what year was the CAN-SPAM Act passed? - ANS-2003
Which entity passed the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-U.S. Congress.
What does the CAN-SPAM Act require? - ANS-CAN-SPAM Act requires the senders of
commercial e-mail messages to offer an "opt-out" option to recipients of those messages.
Which agencies enforce the CAN-SPAM Act? - ANS-FTC and FCC.
What does the CAN-SPAM Act allow the FTC and FCC to do? - ANS-It provides the FTC and
the FCC with the authority to issue regulations that set forth exactly how the opt-out mechanism
must be offered and managed.
