The Office of Fair Trading provides online shopping advice under the remit of consumer protection. The new awareness campaign by the Office of Fair Trading: Shopping from Home. Know your Rights.

TrustUK is a non-profit organisation endorsed by the UK Government to enable consumers to buy online with confidence. TrustUK provide advice on what to look for when buying online.

Small firms: A Guide to Regulatory Requirements is designed to help businesses be aware of the main regulatory requirements that must be met when starting up in business and how to comply with them.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) was launched in late September 1996 to address the problem of illegal material on the Internet, with particular reference to child pornography. It is an independent organisation to implement the proposals jointly agreed by the government, the police, the two major UK service provider trade associations, the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) and the London Internet Exchange Ltd (LINX).

The Data Protection Act came into force on 1 March 2000. It sets rules for processing personal information and applies to paper records as well as those held on computers.

An e-business portal is provided to help SMEs with relevant and user friendly information and advice on legal and regulatory issues on e-commerce, particulary for crossborder electronic transactions: http://www.ebusinesslex.net/index.asp