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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Getting documents signed is often a time consuming and frustrating business. It can take weeks to get a signature from each party on a document. This is often how it plays out: one party prints two copies of a document, signs both of them with a handwritten signature and posts ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Many people do not take into account the legal considerations when creating a web site. There are many things to take into account and often the legal aspects get neglected. In some people's view the legal considerations are not important or are too complex. Some believe that traditional legal concepts ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
A web site sells pirated software (for example). It is an unlawful activity and people may want to put a stop to it. Another example is the recent case in New Zealand where, after a fight, a son tried to sell sexy photos of his mom on an auction site. ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
We told you previously that the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) has been signed into law and will become operative on 24 October 2010. The CPA will give consumers lots of rights and protection where in the past vendors could to a large extent decide how they wanted ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
In the past, various Internet service providers (ISPs) have been held liable for the unlawful action of others. For example, ISPs have been held liable for the data hosted on one of their servers by a customer. So, a user opens a hosting account with an ISP and puts up ...
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
The new Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("the Act") has been signed into law and addresses various aspects not adequately dealt with in the 1973 Act, including the use of:
information in electronic form;
electronic communications; and
technology.
The new Companies Act enables you to use technology and the electronic form of information and ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
We recently told you that Electronic Debit Order Authorisations are possible. But I bet you are still using a paper authorisation form for your clients to sign in pen and ink. Why? Technology is there to help you with your business administration. Why not use it to obtain debit order ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
Right so you have found your brand name. When you establish an online brand or presence you want to make sure that it is protected. You want to use it to make money and grow your business. You do not want to go to the effort and expense of building ...
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
The Companies Bill has been signed into law by the President and is now officially the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008. You can download a pdf copy by clicking here. If you have not previously read it - now is the time to do so. This is the new ...
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Many merchants receive payment from their customers via debit order. In South Africa (with its culture of late payment) it is a great way to receive payment from customers. The level of non-payment and the costs of chasing payment are dramatically reduced.
Debit orders are useful because payment automatically gets taken ...
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