From Romania to Nigeria these are ten countries with the highest number of scammers. The countries where the risk of being scammed is much high. Spam Data Center. 3 Iran 136,936 7.4% 4 United States 125,723 6.8% 5 Pakistan 68,742 3.7% 6 Indonesia 60,347 3.3% 7 Mexico 54,899 3.0% 8 Brazil 48,002 2.6% 9 Bangladesh 42,048 2.3% 10 Colombia 38,315 2.1% 1 United States 143,018 12.8% 2 Vietnam 129,082 11.5% 3 India 113,036 10.1% 4 Ukraine 92,082 8.2% 5 Iran 80,380 7.2% 6 Germany.
The following table represents laws in respective countries which restrict the use of Email spam.
Note: Countries marked with red are listed in the Spamhaus' Worst Spam Origin Countries (January 2016).[1]
Country | Legislation | Section | Implemented | Ref |
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Argentina | Personal Data Protection Act (2000) | § 27 | October 30, 2000 | [2][3] |
Australia | Spam Act 2003 | Part 2 | 12 December 2003 | [4] |
Austria | Austrian Telecommunications Act 1997 | § 107 | [5] | |
Belgium | Wet van 11 maart 2003 betreffende bepaalde juridische aspecten van de diensten van de informatiemaatschappij / Loi du 11 mars 2003 sur certains aspects juridiques des services de la société de l'information ('Law of March 11 2003 concerning certain legal aspects of information society services') | 27 March 2003 | [5] | |
Brazil | None (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam) | [6] | ||
Bulgaria | The Law of electronic commerce (2006) | Чл.5,6 | December 26, 2006 | [7] |
Canada | Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000 (PIPEDA) | [8] | ||
Canada | Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act 2010 | [9] | ||
Canada | Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation 2014 (CASL) | [10] | ||
China | Regulations on Internet email Services | 30 March 2006 | [5] | |
Colombia | Law of Habeas Data | § 6 | 31 December 2008 | [11] |
Croatia | Electronic Communications Act | § 107 | 22 July 2017 | [12] |
Cyprus | Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004 | § 6 | [13] | |
Czech Republic | Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services | § 7 | [13] | |
Denmark | Danish marketing practices act | § 10 | [5] | |
Estonia | Electronic Communications Act | § 103 | 1 January 2005 | [14] |
European Union | Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications | Art. 13 | 31 October 2003 | [15] |
Finland | Act on Data Protection in Electronic Communications (516/2004) | [5] | ||
France | Loi du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique ('Law of June 21 2004 for confidence in the digital economy') | Art. 22 | [5] | |
Germany | Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) ('Unfair Competition Act') | § 7 | [5][16] | |
Hong Kong | Unsolicited Electronic Messaging Ordinance | 22 December 2007 | [17] | |
Hungary | Act CVIII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce | Art. 14 | [5] | |
India | None (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 § 67) | [18] | ||
Indonesia | Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law) | [19] | ||
Ireland | European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003 | Section 13 (1) (b) | 6 November 2003 | [20] |
Israel | Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982 (Amendment 2008) | Art. 30 | December 2008 | [21] |
Italy | Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003) | § 130 | [5][22] | |
Japan | The Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail | April 2002 | [5] | |
Malaysia | Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 | [23] | ||
Malta | Data Protection Act (CAP 440) | § 10 | [24][25] | |
Mexico | None | [13] | ||
Netherlands | Dutch Telecommunications Act | Art. 11.7 | [5][26] | |
New Zealand | Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 | All | 5 September 2007 | [27] |
Norway | Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (markedsføringsloven) | Chap. 3 - § 15 | 1 March 2001 | [28] |
Pakistan | Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 | § 14 | 31 December 2007 | [29][30] |
Russia | None (loosely: Russian Civil Code: Art. 309) | [13] | ||
Singapore | Spam Control Act 2007 | 15 June 2007 | [31] | |
South Africa | Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 | § 45 | [32] | |
South Africa | Consumer Protection Act, 2008 | § 11 | October 2010 | [33] |
South Korea | Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection of 2001 | Art. 50 | [13] | |
Spain | Act 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce | [5][34] | ||
Sweden | Marknadsföringslagen (1995:450) 'Swedish Marketing Act' | § 13b | [5][35][36] | |
Switzerland | Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (2007) | Art. 3, Buchst. o | [37] | |
Turkey | Elektronik Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun 'Act About Regulation of E-Commerce' | [5][38][39] | ||
United Kingdom | Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 | |||
United States | Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) | All | 16 December 2003 | [40] |