EU E-Marketing Requirements

This document sets out the legal position in relation to the e-marketing requirements in Europe. For the purposes of this document, the term "Opt-Out Rule" means that the sending of e-marketing to the recipient is permitted on an opt-out basis if:

• the recipient's details were originally collected "in the context of a sale";
• the entity sending the marketing is the same legal entity that collected the recipient's details initially;
• the marketing relates to "similar" products and/or services for which the recipient's details were originally obtained; and
• the recipient is given the opportunity free of charge to object to the e-marketing, both at the time their details were collected and in each subsequent communication.