ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

Okay, let me explain the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 very simply, like you are a 5-year-old.

You know how sometimes you get emails from people you don't know? Those are called spam emails. The CAN-SPAM Act is like rules for people who send those emails.

Here are the rules:

1. First, the person sending the email has to say who they are and where they are from. They also have to give you a way to unsubscribe or stop getting their emails.

2. Second, they can't lie in the email or deceive you in any way. For example, they can't say they are giving you a present when they really just want you to buy something.

3. Third, they can't use weird and misleading subject lines to get you to open the email. This means they can't write things like "You won a million dollars" if it's not really true.

4. Fourth, if you are under 13 years old, they need permission from your parents to send you the email.

5. Finally, if they don't follow these rules, they can get in trouble and have to pay a lot of money.

So the CAN-SPAM Act is just a set of rules to make sure that people who send you emails follow some basic guidelines and don't trick or deceive you.