Electronic mail marketing (Guide to PECR)

What we recorded

Read 2026-11-11 through a fetch tool that can summarise. Undated; says it is under review after the Data (Use and Access) Act. You can email any corporate body (companies, LLPs, Scottish partnerships, government bodies) without consent; good practice is a do-not-email list of businesses that object. Sole traders and some partnerships are treated as individuals: they need specific consent or the soft opt-in. You must not disguise your identity and must give a valid address to opt out. Emailing named employees at a corporate body may raise data protection issues. UK law only.

Claims that cite it

• The UK ICO says marketing email may go to companies, LLPs and other corporate bodies without consent, as long as you say who you are and give an address to opt out, but sole traders and some partnerships count as individuals and need consent. (strong)