Email Law - Spammer fined $900,000 for breaching CAN-SPAM Act | OUT-LAW.COM

Email law packed a new punch with the fining of Internet marketing firm Jumpstart Technologies, which agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that the firm violated US anti-spam rules by sending disguised and misleading emails to consumers. Jumpstart has not admitted any breach of the Act.

The fine is the largest imposed so far for breaches of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act, also known as the CAN-SPAM Act