New consumer protection regulations in force

The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 came into force on 26 May 2008.
 
Dealing with both online and physical face to face selling it “outlaws” aggressive sales tactics, bogus predictions by fortune-tellers, door to door selling as well as false self-accreditation and testimonial schemes online to boost one’s own reputation.
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