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I send emails with gardening information to people who signed-up to receive my newsletter. I also own an online store.
If I identify myself, in those emails, by "a fake name" from "my store's real name", am I doing something illegal?
Anything that is put in a commercial email to mislead the sender is actually illegal. However, using a fake person's name (as long as it's not confusing with someone else) and the real company isn't a problem.
I send emails with gardening information to people who signed-up to receive my newsletter. I also own an online store.
If I identify myself, in those emails, by "a fake name" from "my store's real name", am I doing something illegal?
No, I'm not in the U.S.
However, since I send my newsletter to US citizens I have the responsibility to comply with the US spam rules. And this is why I ask all those questions.
No, I'm not in the U.S.
However, since I send my newsletter to US citizens I have the responsibility to comply with the US spam rules. And this is why I ask all those questions.
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