Looks like ebay has decied to change the law for business sellers

theonlywayisup

earthstorm wrote: »

but still against DPA to take these details and then place them on a public forum . I have many company and the one in the link is just a holding name which does not have assets apart from the domain.

You are missing the point. The details were placed here by you.

I have no interest in your personal holdings so please don't give any further info about yourself in case you accuse others of misusing it.

George_Michael

earthstorm wrote: »

A small thing call The Data Protection Act.

Oh dear.
As I am neither a data controller nor a data processor, I'm afraid that none of the provisions of the DPA apply to me.

also the link was just a filesanywhere link to a OFT doc, so others user this link and email to search this business name and then ILLEGALLY publish personal details against the DPA.

You seem to be missing the point that no searching of e-mail or anything else was required. your name and company name were clearly visible as soon as anyone opened the link that you posted. (in fact, the details are still on there should anyone click on the link).

As to your your ebay user id, personal address and phone number.
These became easily viewable to anyone with internet access following the thread you made about the faulty electric dog collar you purchased.
You gave the exact ebay title for the item concerned, which enabled anyone to see the listing and the feedback you left for the seller lead to your ebay details.

All of this info is available in the public domain so no laws have been broken by anyone wishing to find it.

wealdroam

earthstorm wrote: »

web hosting is a service of providing space on a server for end users/businesses to display their websites. so it is nothing that can be physically returned, they can cancel by completing a cancellation form and if they do this within the first 7 days they will get a refund less anything like domain registrations if ordered as these are registered by a domain registrar in the users name and cannot be cancelled once registered.

Thank you for explaining that.

As it is a service you are providing, surely this cannot be right:

earthstorm wrote: »

but as hosting falls under

goods which, by their nature, cannot be returned.

As you say, it probably would be a good idea to confirm your understanding with your local Trading Standards representative.

earthstorm

wealdroam wrote: »

Thank you for explaining that.

As it is a service you are providing, surely this cannot be right:

As you say, it probably would be a good idea to confirm your understanding with your local Trading Standards representative.

I did confirm this in a phone call and that point does also apply to the service industry. He told me that it will be more clearer when the new draft is published when the new 14 days rule is added. I also have to make a couple of small amendments to my TOS ( unrelated to the new rule) which he was going to fax over to me ( 2 hrs ago) and still waiting

chancesare_2

earthstorm wrote: »

I did confirm this in a phone call and that point does also apply to the service industry. He told me that it will be more clearer when the new draft is published when the new 14 days rule is added. I also have to make a couple of small amendments to my TOS ( unrelated to the new rule) which he was going to fax over to me ( 2 hrs ago) and still waiting

If he told you that, then I suspect his understanding of any written word is questionable!:T

earthstorm

chancesare wrote: »

If he told you that, then I suspect his understanding of any written word is questionable!:T

how is it questionable? the fact that he stated that the wording will be made more clearer when they published the redrafted version with the new 14 day rule when this is officially introduced.

theonlywayisup

earthstorm wrote: »

how is it questionable? the fact that he stated that the wording will be made more clearer when they published the redrafted version with the new 14 day rule when this is officially introduced.

A slight on your/his grammar?

Perhaps not someone to trust with the finer points if it was a direct quote.

wealdroam

earthstorm wrote: »

how is it questionable? the fact that he stated that the wording will be made more clearer when they published the redrafted version with the new 14 day rule when this is officially introduced.

Simply because he too doesn't appear to understand the difference between goods and services.

And that really is worrying for someone working in a Trading Standards department.

earthstorm

I have been given a contact email for someone at the OFT who works with the European Union's Consumer Rights Directive, so i am in the process of sending of an email to them

earthstorm

theonlywayisup wrote: »

A slight on your/his grammar?

Perhaps not someone to trust with the finer points if it was a direct quote.

nothing wrong

clearer comparative of clear

Adjective
Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.

Adverb
So as to be out of the way of or away from: "he leapt clear of the car".

but my keyboard seems to delete full words when i go to change single letters (Microsoft curve) so after 4 years i think it needs changing