Financial services

Legal information for banking, insurance, IFAs and pension firms.

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Main OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

• Distance marketing of financial services
• Financial and Credit services
• Selling financial services online

Additional OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

The following are not tailored to financial services.

• Data protection health check
• How to satisfy subject access requests
• Cookie law
• Disabled access to websites under UK law
• Email marketing after the Privacy Regulations

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Case studies

• Bright Grey
• Origo Services

Added-value services

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Useful links

• Distance marketing of consumer financial services Directive 2002 (9-page PDF)
• Consultation document on implementing the Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services Directive, including draft regulations (69-page PDF) and supporting information from HM Treasury