In Rosolowski et al. v. Guthy-Renker LLC, Case No. B250951 (Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 3, order entered October 29, 2014), a California court of appeals held that a header in a commercial email does not misrepresent the sender’s identity simply because it fails to identify the name of the entity that sent it, or because it fails to identify an entity with a traceable domain name, as long as the sender’s identity is readily ascertainable from the email body. California Business & Professions Code section 17529.5 prohibits email ads with falsified, misrepresented, or forged header information, or that contain a subject line likely to mislead a recipient about a material fact regarding the contents or subject matter of the message. In this case, defendant’s emails were ads for its consumer brands and the emails provided a link to its Web site, an unsubscribe notice, and physical address. The bodies also clarified that the free gift mentioned in the “subject” line was contingent on a purchase, although the subject line did not refer to the purchase agreement.
Information in Email Body May Overcome Otherwise Actionable Header, Subject Line
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