There are news reports of tough anti-spam legislation coming out of Israel:
The bills passed yesterday allows persons to sue advertisers for compensation without the burden of proof of harm, for any spam sent without prior consent in writing. Violation of the law is now a criminal offense carrying a fine of up to NIS 202,000, or up to NIS 67,300 depending on the severity of the violation and its substance.1
The law will come into effect in six months, to provide time for preparations.
If you have any addresses ending in .il, you should make certain that you have proper permission to mail them.
Footnotes
- Knesset adopts tough anti-spam legislation, Globes, https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1000346647 (last visited May 29, 2008). ↩︎
About the Author
Mickey is a Consultant & Attorney with over 28 years of experience in Email Deliverability & Privacy Law. He has a strong background in email authentication infrastructure (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), ISP and mailbox provider relations, anti-spam policy and compliance, CAN-SPAM and state anti-spam law gained through overseeing the Abuse & Compliance team at Salesforce Marketing Cloud, originating the ISP relations role at Informz (now part of Higher Logic), and working in the fight against spam since 1997. He holds a B.A. in Government, a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. He is a certified CIPP/US professional and a certified CIPM professional.
