New website Legislation
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- pixelchef
Apparently i should list company registration number, place of registration and registered office address on all website?
anyone else heard of this?
TA
- paraselene0
yep.
just as you would normally have to do with letterhead.
- Drno0
nothing new there
all corp websites should normally have these info somehwere on the page
- mimeartist0
you should have more than that on it though surely?
- ribit0
what legislation are you talking about exactly?
I dont think this necessarily applies to any website you create as a company, (we certainly dont list this on our main product, an online magazine and we wouldnt want to). It may apply only to some types of corporate website?......details?
- paraselene0
it only applies to listed companies. it's a regulatory service thing.
- Nairn0
Mmm - I'd be interested to see if this has been legislated. I can see it being guidelined, but not a legally-bindable enforcement. Just yet, anyway.
Regardless, it is good and common sense for any legitimate business to provide their customers with as much verifiable information as possible.
- Gordy220
Here's a link about it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/200…
- Nairn0
Wow, cool - thanks Gordy.
From that ElReg page..
http://www.out-law.com/page-430I, for one, think it's a good idea. Ultimately, this might have to link in to some central verifiying authority, to prevent spoofing and lying, which is a bit Big Brotherish, but probably worthwhile.
- digilee0
This legislation is law.
I know, I've just been going through all our sites updating them.
- ribit0
I need to read more, but it still isnt clear to me.. Does it apply only to a corporate website, or to all websites produced by the company?
For example our website mentions our company name in the copyright statement on the About Us page, but I doubt its required, as the website is a product of our company, not a corporate website. Similarly our business cards dont even mention our company name, as they are for our publication (site) not for the company behind the publication.
Need to read more, but as with most of these things, I suspect people react before really digging into the details...
- Nairn0
I suspect people react before really digging into the details...
ribit
(Jan 22 07, 04:32)Did you click on Gordy's link?
"Many organisations' sites currently omit the information, perhaps making the mistake of thinking that the Ecommerce Regulations do not apply to websites that do not sell online (in fact they apply to almost all websites)."
- ribit0
I don't see anything that says a dsite produced by our companyhas to have this info... Ho wdo they define 'a companie's website' vs a website that is a product?
I also can't see this being enforced on a teaser website for a comapny (say a one-pager that has like 5 words on it)... would need to see more details on the definition of 'a company website'.
And does this info only need to be shown to UK consumers? I assume we wouldnt need to show this to our international customers and can serve different pages to them?
- pixelchef0
OK thanks people, best get contacting my clients :)
cheers again.
- ribit0
does anyone have a link to the actual legislation description? (not the summary).
- trevedda0
And how does this apply if you have a holding page or website under construction?
Most odd thing is I only get to find out I'm breaking the law when I read newstoday . . .