Internet Law and Business Blog

The European Union (EU) Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) was adopted three years ago. On May 26, 2008, the United Kingdom’s Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is implementing this directive through Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.
If you’re doing word-of-mouth marketing, you should be concerned with the directive and the regulations promulgated [...]

If you’ve ever bought your “free” credit report online, chances are you’ve been deceived by the credit reporting agency who sold it to you. Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, these credit agencies make up a score and sell it to you.
Of course, there’s a mathematical formula behind the score they [...]

If you don’t really know how to market online without sending unsolicited commercial email (spam), you should invest your time in learning how to avoid breaking the law. It only takes a few complaints to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to land in hot water simply because you broke anti-spam laws (such as the [...]