If you are VAT-registered and undertake an activity subject to VAT, you must also make your VAT registration number easily, directly and permanently accessible. Understanding the electronic commerce rules<\/a> helps you apply them to online businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n If your website collects personal data, such as names, email addresses or identifying online information, you must explain how you use it. A privacy notice should cover what you collect, why you collect it, your legal basis for using it, who receives it, how long you keep it and the rights individuals can exercise. Cookie information should explain the cookies your website uses and their purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishing a policy does not, by itself, meet every cookie requirement. You must also check whether consent is required for the cookies or similar technologies you use. The ICO provides guidance on privacy notices and cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Check the legal business name and VAT details separately when reviewing your website and invoice template. Matching those details to your records helps customers identify the business they are paying and reduces avoidable queries.”<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\n Companies must display their registered name, registration number, registered office address and the part of the UK where they are registered on their websites. These requirements apply to websites the company causes or authorises to appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you practise a regulated profession, your website must identify relevant professional information, including the professional body or similar institution with which you are registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you sell to consumers online, you must meet the information and cancellation requirements that apply to those distance contracts. A distance contract is one made without you and the customer being physically together, such as an online sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional duties depend on your services and organisation. Providers of regulated user-to-user or search services with the required links to the UK must meet the online safety disclosure duties that apply to them. User-to-user services allow content from one user to be encountered by another. The applicable duties depend on the service, so check Ofcom\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Public sector bodies covered by the website accessibility rules<\/a> must publish an accessibility statement. It explains inaccessible content, the reasons for it and how users can report problems or escalate complaints. Exemptions and partial exemptions apply, so check whether your organisation is covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A company or partnership that carries on business in the UK, supplies goods or services and has total annual turnover of at least \u00a336 million must publish an annual modern slavery statement. Total turnover includes subsidiary undertakings, including those overseas. If it has a website, it must place a prominent link to the statement on its homepage. The Home Office explains these reporting conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because several sets of rules can apply to the same website, obtain advice on your business structure and trading activities before launch. A regulatory solicitor can identify the disclosures that apply to your business. For broader planning, see LegalVision\u2019s guide to legal compliance when creating a website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\nPrivacy and Cookie Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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