Oklahoma Code § 15-776.5

Title 15. Contracts: Commercial electronic mail – Definitions
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For purposes of Sections 1 through 3 of this act:
1.  “Electronic mail” means an electronic message or computer
file containing an image of a message that is transmitted between
two or more computers or electronic terminals and includes
electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer
networks;
2.  “Electronic mail service provider” means any person who:
a. is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic
mail, and
b. provides to end-users of electronic mail services the
ability to send or receive electronic mail;
3.  “Established business relationship” means a prior or
existing relationship formed by a voluntary communication between a
person or entity and the recipient with or without an exchange of
consideration, on the basis of an inquiry, application, purchase or
use by the recipient regarding products or services offered by such
person or entity;
4.  “Unsolicited commercial electronic mail message” means a
commercial electronic mail message sent without the consent of the
recipient, by a person with whom the recipient does not have an
established business relationship.  “Unsolicited commercial
electronic mail message” does not include electronic mail messages
where the sender:
a. is an organization using electronic mail to
communicate exclusively with its members,

b. is an organization using electronic mail to
communicate exclusively with its employees or
contractors, or both,
c. has the consent of the recipient, or
d. has an established business relationship with the
recipient, as defined in this section; and
5.  “Commercial electronic mail message” means an electronic
mail message sent for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or
rental of, or investment in, property, goods or services.
Commercial electronic mail message does not include an electronic
mail message:
a. to which an electronic mail service provider has
attached an advertisement in exchange for free use of
an electronic mail account, when the user has agreed
to the arrangement,
b. between persons with a prior business relationship, or
c. between persons with a personal relationship.

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