Re: protecting email addresses on a web site

On 14/06/2010 22:51, Ashley Sheridan wrote: <snip> > It's not my requirement, it's been a legal requirement in the UK for 3 > years now. > > > http://www.calmdesign.co.uk/articles/Website_legal_requirements/?id=16 > > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk Hi, Further to this the actual regulation is here: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022013.htm The relevant line from this: 6(c) the details of the service provider, including his electronic mail address, which make it possible to contact him rapidly and communicate with him in a direct and effective manner; It must be stressed that these laws were written before spam became 90%+ of all email communication (2002). So I suspect it could be argued that a contact form can be allowed to bypass your normal email spam checking and is therefore a quicker way to communicate effectively. IANAL ;) Regards Ian --