Method and System for Management of E-Mail Addresses for Regulation Compliance

A method for identifying high risk merchants, comprising:

• storing, in a profile database, an e-mail profile, wherein the e-mail profile includes data related to an e-mail address including at least the related e-mail address;
• storing, in a merchant database, a plurality of merchant profiles, wherein each merchant profile includes data related to a high risk merchant including at least a merchant identifier associated with the related high risk merchant;
• receiving, by a receiving device, a spam e-mail message, wherein the spam e-mail message includes data indicating the e-mail address as an intended recipient and indicating a specific entity as a deliverer;
• identifying, by a processing device, that the received spam e-mail message is in violation of one or more rules or regulations regarding at least one of (i) unsubscription and (ii) relaying;
• and
• generating, by the processing device, a new merchant profile for storage in the merchant database, wherein the new merchant profile includes a specific merchant identifier associated with (i) the specific entity, and/or (ii) a merchant associated with content included in the spam e-mail message based on the violated rules or regulations.

A system for moderating an e-mail distribution list, comprising:

• a profile database configured to store a plurality of e-mail profiles, wherein each e-mail profile includes data related to an e-mail address including at least the related e-mail address and one or more permissions, each permission associated with at least one entity and a restriction on sharing;
• a receiving device configured to receive an e-mail distribution list from a mailing entity, wherein the e-mail distribution list includes at least plurality of e-mail addresses and source data associated with each of the plurality of e-mail addresses, the source data indicating how the associated e-mail address was obtained;
• and
• a processing device configured to
• identify a specific e-mail profile stored in the profile database for each e-mail address of the plurality of e-mail addresses that includes the respective e-mail address, and
• identify one or more unauthorized e-mail addresses where the one or more permissions included in the corresponding specific-e-mail profile (i) are not associated with the mailing entity or an entity associated with the associated source data, or (ii) are associated with a restriction on sharing indicated as being violated by the associated source data.

A system for identifying high risk merchants, comprising:

• a profile database configured to store an e-mail profile, wherein the e-mail profile includes data related to an e-mail address including at least the related e-mail address;
• a merchant database configured to store a plurality of merchant profiles, wherein each merchant profile includes data related to a high risk merchant including at least a merchant identifier associated with the related high risk merchant;
• a receiving device configured to receive a spam e-mail message, wherein the spam e-mail message includes data indicating the e-mail address as an intended recipient and indicating a specific entity as a deliverer;
• and
• a processing device configured to
• identify that the received spam e-mail message is in violation of one or more rules or regulations regarding at least one of (i) unsubscription and (ii) relaying, and
• generate, a new merchant profile for storage in the merchant database, wherein the new merchant profile includes a specific merchant identifier associated with (i) the specific entity, and/or (ii) a merchant associated with content included in the spam e-mail message based on the violated rules or regulations.