{"data":{"id":"us/16-cfr-316.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 CFR 316.5","heading":"Prohibition on charging a fee or imposing other requirements on recipients who wish to opt out.","body":"Neither a sender nor any person acting on behalf of a sender may require that any recipient pay any fee, provide any information other than the recipient's electronic mail address and opt-out preferences, or take any other steps except sending a reply electronic mail message or visiting a single Internet Web page, in order to:\n(a) Use a return electronic mail address or other Internet-based mechanism, required by 15 U.S.C. 7704(a)(3), to submit a request not to receive future commercial electronic mail messages from a sender; or\n(b) Have such a request honored as required by 15 U.S.C. 7704(a)(3)(B) and (a)(4).","path":["Title 16—Commercial Practices","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS","PART 316—CAN-SPAM RULE"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-16.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:29Z","sha256":"4621f7164a88bca30070e34b3f4fdb18f2f2d63095f77ba874b46c546b0f67db","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-cfr-316.4","next":"us/16-cfr-316.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}