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Revised Code of Washington State Concerning Commercial E-Mail CHAPTER 19.190 RCW COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL Sections 19.190.005 Findings. 19.190.010 Definitions. 19.190.020 Unsolicited or misleading electronic mail -- Prohibition. 19.190.030 Unsolicited or misleading electronic mail -- Violation of consumer protection act. 19.190.040 Violations -- Damages. 19.190.050 Blocking of commercial electronic mail by interactive computer service -- Immunity from liability. RCW 19.190.005 Findings. The legislature finds that the volume of commercial electronic mail is growing, and the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office reports an increasing number of consumer complaints about commercial electronic mail. Interactive computer service providers indicate that their systems sometimes cannot handle the volume of commercial electronic mail being sent and that filtering systems fail to screen out unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages when senders use a third party's internet domain name without the third party's permission, or otherwise misrepresent the message's point of origin. The legislature seeks to provide some immediate relief to interactive computer service providers by prohibiting the sending of commercial electronic mail messages that use a third party's internet domain name without the third party's permission, misrepresent the message's point of origin, or contain untrue or misleading information in the subject line. The legislature also finds that the utilization of electronic mail messages for commercial purposes merits further study. A select task force should be created to explore technical, legal, and cost issues surrounding the usage of electronic mail messages for commercial purposes and to recommend to the legislature any potential legislation needed for regulating commercial electronic mail messages. [1998 c 149

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