All Articles in Distance selling

When two concerned public bodies published a draft ‘Guide for Businesses’ on existing home shopping/distance sales regulations the marketing press howled about yet more restrictions. But no law changes were…

A review of the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 has ended in changes effective April 2005. But if we struggle to make sense of them, how are consumers going…

New draft UK regulations to implement the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive offer a spectacular variety of new rules and regulations affecting direct marketing. But how are they going…

The Consumers’ Association’s on-line consumer confidence building scheme has become too successful to afford, but with growing legal regulation of the area do we really need digital trust kitemarks any…

While Trading Standards bemoan ignorance of the 2000 “Distance Selling Regulations”, the OFT gets tough on post-cancellation refunds.   Topic: Selling on Line Who:    West Sussex Trading Standards, The Office…

The IAB has published proposed e-mail marketing standards. Looking for indications as to what is “best practice” in this increasingly popular marketing channel?   Topic: Selling On-line Who: The Interactive…

Readers could be forgiven for losing track of the twists and turns on EU proposals for regulating unsolicited commercial e-mail. Here’s the latest twist, and more’s the pity for marketers…