Query related to email marketing Query related to email marketing

2 years ago

My question is this:-
I have Facebook breached database of about 533 M users of all over the world which was leaked in 2019. It was freely available on public domain. I want to promote product through email marketing with this data. I will send 1 email to people. It is like friendly invitation email in which I will not promote any product but only ask them to join my email list if they are interested. Once they join the list then I will promote any product. But in the 1 email I will only invite them. It is legal to send them a invitation email.

Abhimanyu Shandilya

Responded 2 years ago

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A.Spamming is yet not illegal in India and hence lot promotional mails are being daily sent by companies across the country. And you do so nothing will happen to you today but if you are going to use your company domain name and if people are going to mark your mails as spam then your company domain name will be blacklisted which means your transaction mails will also have problem in delivery, ultimately your SEO will suffer.
So, sending too much of marketing mails are also not a good way.
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Anik

Responded 2 years ago

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A.Hi,
Since the list was retrieved from a public domain therefore it is not illegal to use its content. Furthermore, there are no laws per se which attract any penalty for email marketing or even spam. So, you may send the emails.
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Ayantika Mondal @ Prime Legal

Responded 2 years ago

A.Hi,
India has no laws governing marketing through email or fax. The IT Act does not cover electronic marketing. This is covered by the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations set out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Since, it is a gray area, then it is legal to send invitation email.
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