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graham.hays
graham.hays at visualcomputing.co.uk
Mon Sep 22 04:42:34 CDT 2008
>
> Hello
>
> > Yep - don't publish 'em on the web.
>
> In an ideal world I'd agree, however in the UK at least,
> commercial websites can't get away with that. There was a
> change in the law (effective 1st Jan
> 2007) with the E-commerce Regulations _requiring_ certain
> information to be clearly available. To quote from out-law.com[1]:
>
> "It is not sufficient to include a 'contact us' form without
> also providing an email address and geographic address
> somewhere easily accessible on the site."
>
> Apparently this applies to almost all companies, not just
> ones that actually 'sell' online. So yeah, some companies
> _might_ insist, but you should _definitely_ insist (if you're
> a Brit developer, working for a UK company).
>
> Hope that muddies the water a bit :)
>
> Barry
>
> [1] http://www.out-law.com/page-7594
>
Barry thanks - and for that link.
I'm a brit developer based in Spain with both british-based and
spanish-based clients. Interestingly the client who insisted is a british
solicitor!
Graham
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