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    Beware the hidden costs of online shopping

    Today is Manic Monday, expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year, and this seems a timely moment to issue some advice. While the Internet can be a great place to buy goods at some highly attractive prices you need to stay alert to the risk of hidden charges that may negate…

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    Implied Consent could be all you need for Cookie Compliance

    With the 26 May deadline for compliance now behind us, the latest guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has raised a few eyebrows. The requirement for explicit consent before a site can store cookies on another user’s device has been relaxed with the assumption of “implied consent” now being accepted as a valid…

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    EU Cookie Law – just 80 days to comply

    Websites which target citizens of the UK (and, more broadly, the EU) have just 80 days to comply with the complex Privacy and Electronics Communications Regulations (also known as the e-Privacy or Cookies Directive) that requires prior user consent to be given before any data (e.g. cookies) can be stored on a remote user’s equipment.…

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    Untick this box to not opt out to not receive stuff you might not want

    Opt-out and opt-in boxes have been a regular feature of marketing promotions since laws came into effect giving consumers the right to control the types of communication they receive by giving what the regulations call “prior consent”. In the UK it’s the Privacy and Electronics Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 that lay out the rules…

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    Twitter says: “you can only Tweet with Twitter”

    Important new advice was issued by ISBA to its members today which highlights the requirement to respect Twitter’s trademarks. I’ve reproduced the guidance, which ISBA’s Director of Public Affairs, Ian Twinn, describes as “probably fairly commonsense (sic) stuff”, below: Companies may promote their own Twitter pages by using the phrase “Follow us on Twitter” or…

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