THE INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES LAW
The Law on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce regulates the obligations to which information society service providers are subject (in the near future, this law may be affected by the European Union’s e-Privacy Regulation -ePrivacy 2021-, which will come into force in 2023).
Its objective is to regulate and protect the rights of users of services provided through the Internet.
The main obligations of the law are those related to the duty of information to the user who surfs the web, as well as the collection of consents for certain activities. For this reason, it is necessary that the web pages collect the following information:
- Corporate name, Tax Identification Number, registered office, contact email and registration details of the organization.
- Codes of conduct to which we are adhered, if applicable.
- Registration or academic qualification data, in case the service provider is subject to a regulated profession.
- Product prices, specifying what are the taxes and shipping costs, as well as the procedures to follow in case of contracting (if products are sold on the page).
- Inform and obtain the user’s consent in case of using analytical and / or advertising cookies. For this, a good practice is to include a section called “cookie policy” or create a section in the legal notice.
If the law is not complied with, light, serious or very serious penalties can be established, which can imply fines from 30.000 to 600.000 euros.