Examples of Legal Issues In web design

Miniclip.com

Copyright & Ownership
Miniclip.com has a copyright statement saying if anyone encounters anything that has your copyrightable material being displayed on this website they will take it off straight away. It is a way basically saying they are just insuring themselves from potential future lawsuits and court cases.

Here is the following statement given from Miniclip.com about there copyright

"If you believe that your copyrightable work is being displayed on this site and is violating copyright regulations - please advise us immediately at biz@miniclip.com and we will remove it."

Every game featured on miniclip.com has the website logo appearing every time before the game begins, this short scene is sequenced and embedded into every game that is featured on the website.

Privacy & Data Protection
Miniclip.com privacy statement ensures users that information regarding the likes of email and other disclosed information about you would not be out in the open. Although Miniclip.com has insisted they may log IP addresses to stop prevention of abuse to the website and newsletters. It states if any action that is causing injury or an interference with miniclip.com, the penalty would be taking legal action against the person / group responsible.

Disabled Access
On miniclip.com there are not a lot of features that make accessing the website a lot more efficient for disabled users. From testing the website there is no Alt Key access (ALT + "Key" Then ENTER). Although there is large navigation buttons for people who may have slight disability using the mouse, but for smaller links (i.e. hyperlinks) they would be harder for people who cant precisely use a mouse due to there disability.

Consumer Protection
Information is available about Miniclip.com merchandise. T-shirts and other merchandise have consumer protection stating guarantee's to the consumer regarding delivery and security when purchasing goods from the website. Also information for the consumer is given is that miniclip.com does not accept responsibility for any damage to life, body or health when purchasing any product (i.e. shirt, may be too small and cause slight discomfort to your neck)

Geographic Jurisdiction
Minclip.com websites Jurisdiction is based on the laws of the UK British Government.