§ 24-5-22-7 — Indiana recipient of commercial electronic mail message; transmission of commercial electronic mail message; application

Indiana § 24-5-22-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 5: CONSUMER SALES
• Ch. 22: Deceptive Commercial Electronic Mail

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(a) For purposes of this section, a person knows
that the intended recipient of a commercial electronic mail message is
an Indiana resident if that information is available, upon request, from
the registrant of the Internet domain name contained in the recipient's
electronic mail address.
(b) Subsection (c) applies only to a commercial electronic mail
message that:
(1) uses a third party's Internet domain name without permission
of the third party;
(2) otherwise misrepresents or obscures any information in
identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of the
commercial electronic mail message; or
(3) contains false or misleading information in the subject line.
(c) A person may not initiate or assist the transmission of a
commercial electronic mail message described in subsection (b):
(1) from a computer located in Indiana; or
(2) to an electronic mail address that the sender:
(A) knows; or
(B) has reason to know;
is held by a resident of Indiana.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.36-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.97-2004, SEC.91.