Lawsuit Over Spam Emails from Third-Party Advertisers Revived

California law allows spam email recipients to sue third-party advertisers who fail to disclose their own identity under relevant advertising statutes, a state appellate court said.

A group of Californians who said they received nearly 300 spam emails advertising products sold by Digital Media Solutions LLC, which operates as Platinum Auto Warranty, can therefore proceed with a challenge to allegedly untraceable domain names, the California Court of Appeal, First District said.

The complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court in 2018, alleged violations of the California Business and Professions Code, which prohibits commercial emails containing false or misleading header information ...