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Sophisticated fake sites set up in seconds

28 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick

It takes just seconds to set up sophisticated fake web sites. Those are the claims made by First Cyber Security, the Internet security business. The problem is growing. The number of counterfeit goods...

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Ofcom seeks clear pricing for purchasers of calling cards

16 September 2010 | Mark Weston

Ofcom – the telecoms regulator – has obtained written undertakings from Lycatel to ensure that customers have clear and accurate information when they purchase the company’s international calling...

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OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

18 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has taken action against five websites that the OFT allege misled consumers into paying a fee for a free health card. When UK citizens go abroad within the European Union, they...

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Don’t artificially push up prices of your goods on eBay or you could be fined or even end up in jail

16 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Paul Barrett has been fined £3,500 and sentenced to 250 hours of community service after artificially pushing up the price of items he was selling on the online auction site, eBay. The practice is known...

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OFT claims that 3-year gym membership contract with no get-out right was unfair on consumers and therefore unenforceable

16 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick | 1 comment

The Office of Fair Trading is taking legal action against Ashbourne Management Services for AMS’s gym membership contracts that provided no opportunity for members to terminate before a minimum three...

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Does ECJ ruling on broad extent of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive? – Zentrale zur Bekaempfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV v Plus Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH, European Court of Justice…

5 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Union introduced the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, which the UK brought into law through the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations. The Directive aims to stop misleading,...

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Wheels fall off bike chain business’s ad campaign for wrongly suggesting endorsement of Olympic winner

10 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

A bike chain manufacturer has been rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading people into thinking that an Olympic medal winning cyclist had endorsed their products when she had not....

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OFT clamps down on ‘misleading’ scratch card scheme operators

22 January 2010 | Mark Weston

The Office of Fair Trading is taking legal action against five operators of scratch card schemes and their directors and company secretaries for operating what it claims are ‘misleading’. The OFT says...

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Latest news and views tagged Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations

Sophisticated fake sites set up in seconds

Ofcom seeks clear pricing for purchasers of calling cards

OFT takes action against websites that ‘misled’ consumers into paying a fee for free European health card

Don’t artificially push up prices of your goods on eBay or you could be fined or even end up in jail

OFT claims that 3-year gym membership contract with no get-out right was unfair on consumers and therefore unenforceable

Does ECJ ruling on broad extent of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive? – Zentrale zur Bekaempfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs eV v Plus Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH, European Court of Justice…

Wheels fall off bike chain business’s ad campaign for wrongly suggesting endorsement of Olympic winner

OFT clamps down on ‘misleading’ scratch card scheme operators

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