The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be extending its authority to include advertisers’ own marketing communications on their websites and marketing communications in non paid-for space i.e. Facebook and Twitter from the 1st of March 2011.
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SaaS Agreement – Terms and Conditions – Limitation of Liability Invalid
Do you always ensure that your SaaS terms apply to contracts with customers. If not, the High Court has decided in Ghsp Inc v Ab Electronic Ltd that where two companies fail to agree on whose terms and conditions shall apply to an agreement, neither company’s terms can be enforced. This resulted in the supplier having unlimited liability to the customer for defective parts it had supplied.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Sales Agents – Compensation Payable to Agents on Termination
If you use agents in relation to your SaaS agreements, when you terminate the agency agreement under the Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 you must pay the agent compensation, regardless of the reason for the termination.
Continue readingSaaS Agreements – Data Protection – Data Commissioner Imposes First Fines in the UK
On the 24th of November 2010 an employment services company A4e and Hertfordshire County Council were fined £60,000 and £100,000 respectively by the Data Commissioner for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA).
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