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E-tailers beware: OFT web sweep is imminent
Comment Do your ecommerce operations comply with the law? The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Local Authority Trading Standards Services are planning a sweep of the UK's top 600 retail websites to ensure they meet key legislation. [14 Dec 2007]
Online shoppers still getting security sweats
News And it estimates 3.4 million internet users shun ecommerce because of "a lack of trust or fears about personal security". Businesses are still not doing enough to soothe consumer fears about buying online, says the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). [19 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.09.05
Round-Up And on the subject of ecommerce sites, a newcomer to the weird wide web this week is the intriguing 'Walesinabottle.com'. Lest we forget this is the same company, apparently struggling with the finer points of ecommerce, which also exposed customer... [02 Sep 2005]
Department of Fair Trading Chooses eTrust Intrusion Detection From a Trusted Security Partner
White Paper Since REVS wanted to improve its time to market through the development of a web-based eCommerce solution, it faced a number of technical challenges, including the need to eliminate client side applications and connectivity issues to reduce... [24 Feb 2004]
FTSE 100 sites fall down on 'schoolboy errors'
News Peter Robinson, ecommerce director at Marks & Spencer, explained that the company has in place processes to locate and resolve issues with the site. It is clear Marks & Spencer is committed to, and praises, the achievements of its ecommerce... [13 Nov 2001]
Microsoft could face court over 'misleading' XP terms
News Richard Webb, ecommerce standards officer with the Trading Standards Institute, agreed that while Microsoft was not breaking any laws by excluding information, a court could interpret the action as misleading and rule in favour of a customer. [11 May 2001]
Fighting Fraud: How the Wild Wild Web was won
Comment Now nothing short of an industry-strength trust mechanism can match the ecommerce industry's needs. One after another, ecommerce funding models based on first mover advantage (for example Netscape), advertising (Yahoo! [25 Apr 2001]
Anglo-American scheme wages war on cyber-crime
News In a statement, he said: "I want to increase confidence in ecommerce and this step is only the start. An agreement announced yesterday will see the DTI, Office of Fair trading and the US Federal Trade Commission share information on bogus schemes... [07 Nov 2000]
Ecommerce will not alter competition laws
News The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it does not expect the growth of ecommerce to require changes to current competition laws. The paper also suggests that ecommerce will lower the potential for market players to exploit market power by... [01 Sep 2000]
E-tailers to get strict code of practice
News The call for an online Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was echoed in the Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit paper, ecommerce@its.best.uk, published in September 1999. An industry-led initiative designed to foster online shoppers... [15 Feb 2000]
DTI report to breakdown ecommerce barriers
News The DTI's ecommerce taskforce springs into life today with the release of its first report aimed at breaking down the barriers to UK Web commerce. The Performance & Innovation Unit (PIU) report will be presented by minister for small business... [13 Sep 1999]
DTI commissions review of UK ecommerce
News The DTI today announced a wide-ranging review of ecommerce to be undertaken jointly between the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the telephone regulator, Oftel. Trade and Industry Secretary, Stephen Byers, said in a speech to the LSE that the... [09 Sep 1999]
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