Business Law Library & Tracker
Digital & Ecommerce
Online sales, subscriptions, platform journeys, cookies and digital product risk.
Sources last reviewed 10 Aug 2026
Main law guides
122
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
143
Selected cases with a business lesson
Tracked updates
13
New, amended & reviewed
Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes Regulations 2015
SI 2015/542
Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
SI 2013/3134
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
UKPGA 2025 c 18
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
UKPGA 2024 c 13
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
SI 2002/2013
Online Safety Act 2023
UKPGA 2023 c 50
Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018
SI 2018/634
Payment Services Regulations 2017
SI 2017/752
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
SI 2003/2426
Electronic Communications Act 2000
2000 c. 7
Communications Act 2003
2003 c. 21
Tracker
- Case2 July 2026
CMA publishes Marks Electrical notice over pre-selected charges
Online sellers should require an active customer choice before adding a paid extra. Automatically selected services can lead to refunds, direct enforcement, reporting obligations and substantial penalties.
Consumer Law & TradingDigital & Ecommerce - Reviewed13 June 2026
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act kept on watchlist
Businesses should keep subscription journeys, cancellation flows, review practices and price presentation ready for updated consumer enforcement expectations.
Consumer Law & TradingDigital & Ecommerce - New13 June 2026
Data use and access reform added for UK digital businesses
Digital businesses should map customer data flows, vendor contracts and verification journeys now so commencement and regulator guidance can be actioned without rebuilding the product in a rush.
Privacy & DataDigital & Ecommerce - Reviewed13 June 2026
Online platform and connected-product rules expanded
Founders should check scope before adding user-generated content, messaging, marketplace listings or smart-device features, because moderation and product-security controls need to be designed into the workflow.
Digital & EcommercePrivacy & Data
Cases
Lifestyle Equities CV v Amazon UK Services Ltd
Cross-border ecommerce teams should not assume that a foreign website stays legally foreign. Currency, delivery, checkout wording, search results and customer...
SkyKick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd
Trade mark applications should match a real commercial plan. Filing for everything can backfire if the specification has no proper rationale. Startups should seek...
Lloyd v Google LLC
The decision reduced one route for large-scale data claims, but it does not make privacy risk small. Businesses still need clear tracking, consent, data-use and...
Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd
Implementation contracts need careful delay, acceptance, termination and damages drafting. If the contract does not explain what happens when a project is late and...