New law on email footers for companies

New Regulations came into force on 1 January 2007 requiring companies to disclose their company name, registration number, place of registration and registered office address on the company website, in e-mail footers and on order forms. These requirements previously applied to business letters sent by companies, but not to websites and emails.

The DTI has published an implementation briefing on the changes.

Companies risk a fine if they are found to be in breach of the relevant provisions, so the changes provide a good opportunity to revisit and update that email disclaimer.