The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they are seeking comments on several aspects of CAN-SPAM which they will be clarifying or modifying.

According to the FTC, the proposed clarifications or modifications to CAN-SPAM include modifying the definition of “sender” to make it clearer just who is responsible for honouring a user’s opt-out request (now if only they would do the same for the term “spam”!), clarifying that a post office or private mailbox satisfies the requirement of including a sender’s physical address in bulk email, changing the length of time within which a sender must honour an opt-out requirement from 10 days down to 3 days (yay!), and, perhaps Aunty’s favourite, making clear that a sender cannot…

[Federal Trade Commission Seeks Input On CAN-SPAM, Continued]