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New tougher sanctions for breaches of the Data Protection Act

The Information Commissioner’s Office has recently been given the power to impose substantial fines on organisations that deliberately or recklessly commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. There have been warnings that, in the future, prison sentences may even be imposed. In a report by the Information Commissioner’s Office last year, the [...]

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Posted: August 20th, 2008 under Business Advisory Services.
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The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 - update

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (the ‘Regulations’) affect all business-to-consumer transactions, so any business which sells consumer goods, supplies services used by consumers, labels consumer goods, etc., needs to comply with these Regulations. 
 
The Regulations prohibit unfair practices.  In most cases, an offence is only committed if the unfair practice causes, or [...]

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Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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REACH - chemicals

The ECHA has published its first list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs); see http://echa.europa.eu/consultations/authorisation/svhc/svhc_cons_en.asp. Anyone who wants to challenge a substance’s classification as an SVHC on this list must do so by Thursday 14 August 2008. The EU Regulation known as REACH (1907/2006/EC) has serious implications for any business which imports [...]

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Posted: August 11th, 2008 under Business Regulation.
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New Domain Names to be Allowed

ICANN has recently voted unanimously in favour of extending the number of Top Level Domains (.com, .co.uk, etc.) to allow companies to register their brand names as TLDs, and individuals to register their names as TLDs. Some time next year, therefore, we are likely to see a .tesco and a .microsoft, etc.. ICANN [...]

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Posted: July 8th, 2008 under Business Advisory Services.
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Franchising a business in the UK

A franchise is basically a trade mark licence, with the trade mark owner retaining control over how the franchisee’s business is run, giving assistance to the franchisee, and taking payments from the franchisee. To the outside world, the franchisee is the franchisor. Therefore, it is vital to the franchisor that he does have [...]

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Posted: April 25th, 2008 under Business Advisory Services.
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