I’m writing a paper for mass media, so sources would be great!

Also, how much does one active email address go for? Does it have a market value?

**I’m not doing this, I’m just writing a paper on it. I KNOW that it can be illegal to sell info. without consent. But what are the specific laws?

I would be using Outlook, not a giant bulk mailing system, do I have to have an opt out link? Is it legal to send these emails in the first place? My service is aimed at a certain business sector and is a no cost program…

I’m part of a company that sells items and I just received an email from the person in charge saying not to sign up this one person because they are fraudulent and owe money. Then the email has the persons name (both used) social security number, address, birth date and license number. I know that this may be fraudulent info, but if some of it is correct can you actually send out a mass email with that kind of information?

This is a “political/technology law” kind of question.
Imagine if Barack was paying yahoo to send out a mass email to all of the users in yahoo’s directory. is that legal? isn’t that like some kind of privacy act thing? or what? if they could why haven’t they?

We are a non-profit that sends bulk mail to rural delivery routes handled by contracted carriers. It seems like a fair number of our bulk mailing letters are not getting delivered. I recently heard that contracted carriers are not required to deliver bulk mail – its optional. I’m looking for someone that knows whether this is true or not.