A federal judge rejected a pro se plaintiff’s claim that Publishers Clearing House violated electronically stored communication laws by disseminating his contact information to telemarketers and robocallers, finding that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act does not protect disclosure of an email address.

Emil Anghel, a Hartford man who filed the complaint in March, claims that he registered for “lottery-based games” sponsored by PCH, but that the company disclosed his email address to telemarketers who called him nearly 1,000 per month, according to the judge’s opinion, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

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