I'm going to be a UK self-employed and I was wondering what to do in the following situations
Case 1
Making a website for a UK company on a uk domain
Obviuosly UK laws apply
Case 2
Making a website for an italian company on .it domain
IT laws apply (quite sure 99,99%)
Case 3
Making a website for me (UK resident + UK sole trader) on .it domain in italian language on a physical server in Germany.
At the moment these are my "beliefs"
- I suppose the physical server location is not very important unless there is illegal material on board: in that case the physical location determines what Police is involved (at least for direct operations like a seizure).
- On the contrary I think the nationality of the company of the owner of the domain is the most important variables for all other matters, isn't it?
- About the policies (privacy, cookies, rules about exposing the VAT, etc.) I think they must comply with the domain nationality (e.g. it=policies for .it, uk=policies for co.uk). All other legal stuff depend on the nationality of the company of the owner.
- If the domain is a neutral domain like com/org/net I suppose a UK company must comply completely (policies and any other stuff) with the UK law, and the language used on the website is not important (Not sure about the language).
Any advice is welcome!
Case 1
Making a website for a UK company on a uk domain
Obviuosly UK laws apply
Case 2
Making a website for an italian company on .it domain
IT laws apply (quite sure 99,99%)
Case 3
Making a website for me (UK resident + UK sole trader) on .it domain in italian language on a physical server in Germany.
At the moment these are my "beliefs"
- I suppose the physical server location is not very important unless there is illegal material on board: in that case the physical location determines what Police is involved (at least for direct operations like a seizure).
- On the contrary I think the nationality of the company of the owner of the domain is the most important variables for all other matters, isn't it?
- About the policies (privacy, cookies, rules about exposing the VAT, etc.) I think they must comply with the domain nationality (e.g. it=policies for .it, uk=policies for co.uk). All other legal stuff depend on the nationality of the company of the owner.
- If the domain is a neutral domain like com/org/net I suppose a UK company must comply completely (policies and any other stuff) with the UK law, and the language used on the website is not important (Not sure about the language).
Any advice is welcome!
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