ecommerce directive articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

E-Commerce law raises liability concerns for ISPs

A public consultation paper for the E-Commerce Directive has ISPs worried because, they say, it fails to clarify their liability for hosting illegal content Read more

20 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

French law will accommodate Ecommerce Directive

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent The EU Ecommerce Directive will be introduced into French law in the autumn. Speaking this... Read more

10 May, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

ISPs stand firm after P2P ruling

...spokesperson agreed, telling ZDNet.co.uk that "ISPs are recognised in the eCommerce Directive (2002) as mere conduits of information". The spokesperson also responded to... Read more

11 July, 2007 by David Meyer

TV without frontiers, lawmakers in tears

...misused immediately, when it comes into practice." ISPs also argue that the eCommerce Directive and other existing legislation already protects children and consumers. For its... Read more

11 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

UK regulator clamps down on porn sites

...to protect UK consumers from such abuse." Under the terms of the Ecommerce Directive, ICSTIS is permitted in "cases of urgency" involving matters of public... Read more

23 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Porn sites shut down by UK regulator

...to protect UK consumers from such abuse." Under the terms of the Ecommerce Directive, ICSTIS is permitted in 'cases of urgency' involving matters of public... Read more

22 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Is your website illegal?

What the new ecommerce laws mean for your business... Read more

21 August, 2002 by Graham Hayday

UK e-tailers face stormy weather

...have expressed grave doubts about the government's implementation of the European ecommerce directive. Industry is concerned that protection given to businesses using the web... Read more

15 March, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Cookie 'ban' bad news for British ecommerce

...are to the workings of a website." To comply with the EU ecommerce directive that covers electronic media and privacy rights, Roper said businesses in... Read more

15 November, 2001 by Heather McLean

£11bn: the euro e-trade bill for British business

...The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) polled 600 organisations about the ecommerce directive, which comes into force on 16 January. Those companies believe it... Read more

5 November, 2001 by Graham Hayday

E-tail's Christmas test: Who will be the stars and who will be the turkeys?

The Christmas will be the biggest test of how far ecommerce has moved on from the seasonal failings of past years. Sonya Rabbitte asks whether this year will be more of the same or whether the e-tailers have finally got their houses in order... Read more

20 December, 2000 by Sonya Rabbitte

The death of EU ecommerce: MEPs slam e-tail regulation

...is registered. The Brussels Regulation is in direct conflict with the European Ecommerce Directive passed in May, which establishes the country of origin principle for... Read more

1 December, 2000 by Sarah Left

Yahoo! Nazi ruling sets nasty precedent

...EU countries act to change regulations governing the internet. Under the current ecommerce directive, companies need only comply with the law of the country in... Read more

21 November, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

Euro regulators clash over online protection rules

...done something entirely sensible, bringing the Brussels Convention in line with the Ecommerce Directive. What we need now is for industry to really get behind... Read more

6 September, 2000 by Joey Gardiner

EC makes case for Web regulation

...pace with technology - it took the EU two years to put the ecommerce directive in place. It has to be an open process with guidelines... Read more

20 June, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

15 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

24 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

1 day ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

1 day ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

1 day ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

1 day ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

2 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround