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UK Consumer Protection Conference

By Andy Beard | Published: June 5, 2008
On my last post regarding the new Consumer Protection laws that came into force 26th May, I had to preface the post that I am not a lawyer, and effectively just speculate on how they might affect online marketing. Fortunately Susan Singleton, one of the UK's leading experts on online marketing law, dropped by and left a comment...
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UK Consumer Protection Unfair Trading Regulations That Might Affect Advertising, Links, Affiliates & Product Launches

By Andy Beard | Published: April 13, 2008

Lets preface this by I am not a lawyer, and I am aware that that is a very long headline and title.

Judith at SEO Chicks was looking at the new UK Unfair Trading Regulations

Here is a link to the official guidance (PDF).

What follows are my own notes whilst reading through the document, which I thought some readers might find useful, though you should read it in full if you trade from the UK (maybe 400+ subscribers)

6 BANNED PRACTICES (SCHEDULE 1)

(7) Falsely stating that a product will only be available for a very limited time, or that it will

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