SPAM CONTROL
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message was sent, the recipient shall be treated as a separate recipient with respect to each such address;
“sender”, in relation to an electronic message, means a person who sends the message, causes the message to be sent, or authorises the sending of the message;
“unsubscribe request” means a request by a recipient of an electronic message, requesting the sender to cease sending any further electronic messages to his electronic address.
Meaning of “commercial electronic message”
3.—(1) In this Act, a commercial electronic message is an electronic message, where, having regard to—
- (a) the content of the message;
- (b) the way in which the message is presented; and
- (c) the content that can be located using the links, telephone numbers or contact information (if any) set out in the message,
it is concluded that the primary purpose of the message is—
- (i) to offer to supply goods or services;
- (ii) to advertise or promote goods or services;
- (iii) to advertise or promote a supplier, or a prospective supplier, of goods or services;
- (iv) to offer to supply land or an interest in land;
- (v) to advertise or promote land or an interest in land;
- (vi) to advertise or promote a supplier, or a prospective supplier, of land or an interest in land;
- (vii) to offer to provide a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
- (viii) to advertise or promote a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
- (ix) to advertise or promote a provider, or a prospective provider, of a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
- (x) to assist or enable a person, by deception, to dishonestly obtain property belonging to another person;