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eCommunications - The Electronic Commerce Directive (00/31/EC) and The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2013)

Public Consultation on the liability of Hyperlinkers, Location Tool Services and Content Aggregators

In June 2005, the then The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conducted a consultation of UK business, consumers and other organisations on whether Articles 12 to 14 of the Electronic Commerce Directive (EC Directive 2000/31/EC), which limits the liability of intermediary service providers where they act as mere conduits, caches or hosts of information, should be extended to providers of hyperlinks, location tool and content aggregation services.

 


 

Consultation document on the electronic commerce directive: the liability of hyperlinkers, location tool services and content aggregators - Government response and summary of responses - December 2006 PDF document (128KB)

 

DTI consultation document on electronic commerce Directive: the liability of hyperlinkers, location tool services and content aggregators PDF document (257KB)

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