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Is cold email legal where you sell?
There is no EU-wide answer. Anti-spam law is national: what is routine in the Netherlands is a fineable offense in Germany. Pick the market and the approach, and get the working verdict our engine enforces in code.
Blocked
No. Cold email without consent is not legal in Germany.
UWG §7: consent is required even for B2B. Cold email risks warning letters and fines.
What the engine does here: The engine physically cannot cold email this market; the block is in code, not a policy document. Leads route to LinkedIn conversations, call-ready briefs, fairs and distributors, or are parked.
The rulebook, market by market
Cold email is workable
With a relevant offer, a real sender identity, and a clear opt-out.
- Brazil LGPD: B2B legitimate interest is workable with a clear opt-out. Outreach runs in Portuguese.
- France B2B legitimate interest applies; professional relevance to the recipient's role is required.
- Ireland ePrivacy Regulations: B2B outreach is workable with a clear opt-out.
- Mexico LFPDPPP: B2B outreach is workable with a clear opt-out. Outreach runs in Spanish.
- Netherlands Generic corporate addresses with a relevant offer and a clear opt-out are workable.
- Poland B2B email to company addresses is workable; details are verified per campaign.
- Spain LSSI: relevant B2B outreach with a clear opt-out is workable.
- United Kingdom PECR: corporate subscribers are exempt from the consent rule.
- United States CAN-SPAM: B2B cold email is allowed with an opt-out and a physical address.
Verify before you send
Likely workable for B2B, but the engine keeps email off until a formal verification pass clears it.
- Argentina PDPA: verify before enabling. Outreach runs in Spanish.
- Belgium Likely workable for B2B, but formal verification is pending.
- Chile Likely workable, but formal verification is pending. Outreach runs in Spanish.
- Colombia Habeas Data regime: verify before enabling. Outreach runs in Spanish.
- Czechia Likely workable for B2B, but formal verification is pending.
- Finland Likely workable for B2B, but formal verification is pending.
- Peru Likely workable, but formal verification is pending. Outreach runs in Spanish.
- Portugal Likely workable for B2B, but formal verification is pending.
- Sweden Likely workable for B2B, but formal verification is pending.
- Uruguay Likely workable, but formal verification is pending. Outreach runs in Spanish.
Consent required, no cold email
The engine physically blocks cold email in these markets and routes the motion elsewhere.
- Austria TKG: consent is required even for B2B.
- Canada CASL: consent is required even for B2B. No cold email.
- Denmark Markedsføringsloven §10: consent is required even for B2B.
- Germany UWG §7: consent is required even for B2B. Cold email risks warning letters and fines.
- Italy A consent-based regime; narrow openings exist but need verification.
This is the working model Operator One routes outreach with, dated July 2026. It is not legal advice. A formal per-country verification pass runs before any market goes live, and consent-first markets stay blocked for cold email no matter what a campaign brief says. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it: hello@rocknwool.com.
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