Info that must be on your web site

Info that must be on your web site

October 1, 2008 – 11:17 am by John Giles

The law requires that certain information appears on your web site. No really - it does. Section 43(1) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECT Act) is the relevant legislation. Very few web sites comply with this section despite it being applicable to most web sites. Section 43(1) begins:

“A supplier offering goods or services for sale, for hire or for exchange by way of an electronic transaction must make the following information available to consumers on the web site where such goods or services are offered:”

So it applies to virtual everyone. It includes a supplier of goods or services. An important phrase of the section is

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