Examples of Legal Issues In web design

Amazon.co.uk

Copyright & Ownership
© 1996-2007, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates

Amazon use the standard caveat as below in that all the content is their exclusive property.

"The compilation of all content on this website is the exclusive property of Amazon.co.uk and its affiliates and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright and database right laws."

Privacy & Data Protection
This section is interesting in that the privacy policy of Amazon is thrust upon the visitor purely by visiting their site. The data they store which is gained both by the use of cookies and also your purchases and search criterion is used to enhance their offerings to you as the subject of your next e-mail from them.

They are participants of a programme known as Safe Harbour which is a Euro-American Department's of Commerce collaboration on the protection of information during transmission and is achieved by the use of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption software.

Disabled Access
No Accessibility features are present on the site as a standard though the site information may by readable bay a text to audio converter.

Consumer Protection
"In addition to your 30-day returns guarantee, customers in the European Union are entitled to a statutory cooling-off period of seven business days. Details of this statutory right and an explanation of how to exercise it are provided in the order confirmation e-mail and in the Returns Policy."

Geographical Jurisdiction
"These conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. You agree, as we do, to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the district of Luxembourg City."