E-commerce and retail

Legal information for on-line retailers and e-businesses.

Below you will find a selection of the guides we think are most relevant to you. Visting any of these will give you access to other materials on the same topic.

OUT-LAW Guides

• Disabled access to websites under UK law
• Intellectual property in websites: ownership and protection
• Linking and framing
• Confidential information
• Agreements for consultancy services
• Data protection
• Cookie law
• Web development deals
• Information required in a web development deal (Checklist)
• Domain names (FAQ)
• The UK's Distance Selling Regulations
• The UK's E-commerce Regulations
• Selling online: an overview of the rules
• Selling online: structuring your e-commerce process
• Dealing with consumers

Recent OUT-LAW News

• OFT to test e-commerce contracts for fairness
• Shopping sites improve legal compliance as consumers get more savvy, says OFT
• Europe should adopt US behavioural advertising icon, and quick
• Cycling company wrong to suggest Olympian's endorsement, rules ad watchdog
• Irrationality did not undermine TV menu ranking decision, finds Court of Appeal

Case studies

• ISS UK
• Rubicon Retail
• Glasplus

Added-value services

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