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European Commission overhauls online shopping laws
The European Commission wants to create an over-arching consumer protection law which it claims will cut costs and red tape for internet retailers. The proposed Consumer Rights Directive would replace four existing EU Directives.
09/10/2008
Online coupons should be tightly controlled, says marketing body
Retailers should ensure that digital money-off coupons are unique and linked to individual customers to avoid the losses that mass duplication of the vouchers could bring, the sales promotion industry body has said.
07/10/2008
Average privacy policy takes 10 minutes to read, research finds
Website privacy policies take on average 10 minutes to read and sometimes run into thousands of words, researchers have found. While some are short, others would take over half an hour to read, researchers said.
06/10/2008
How to survive the credit crunch: resuscitate your share plans
OPINION: In the current economic downturn, share plans might seem less than attractive as a way for companies to motivate their staff. But despite a weak stock market, share plans can be made to work, without having to pay cash incentives.
06/10/2008
Girls Aloud murder fantasy prompts arrest and charge
A man has been arrested and charged over a blog post detailing the imaginary kidnap, torture and murder of the members of Girls Aloud. He has been charged with the publishing of an obscene article, police said.
03/10/2008
Ofcom fines Barclaycard over silent calls
Ofcom has fined Britain's biggest credit card company Barclaycard £50,000 over silent phone calls made on behalf of the company. The telecoms regulator called Barclaycard's behaviour "the most serious" silent calls case it had ever investigated.
03/10/2008
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