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> Its just good manners so that your customers/suppliers can know who they are dealing with. That's the (widespread) issue, treating personal websites and onli
by dvdkon 25d ago
> Its just good manners so that your customers/suppliers can know who they are dealing with.
That's the (widespread) issue, treating personal websites and online communities like businesses. Some are, but that's not something to encourage or assume.
I live in the Czech Republic, where you can buy a SIM card anonymously and build a website without identifying yourself. I don't see a good reason for other countries to not give their citizens the same freedom, and am vehemently against reducing freedom just because "other countries do it".
- traceroute66 25d ago> I live in the Czech Republic ....build a website without identifying yourself I am not familiar with Czech Republic law but out of curiosity I asked an LLM: § 435 of the Civil Code (Act no. 89/2012 Coll.) The law explicitly says every podnikatel (entrepreneur/business) must include on all business documents and on information made publicly available through remote access (i.e. their website): - the company's name (firma), - its registered seat (sídlo) or place of business, - its identification number (IČO) — the Czech equivalent of a company registration number, - and if registered in the Commercial Register (obchodní rejstřík), the registration details including the file reference and section/insert (spisová značka, oddíl, vložka). This is the summary provisions that was previously found in § 13a of the old Commercial Code (obchodní zákoník) and is now codified in the Civil Code. Consumer Protection Act (Act no. 634/1992 Coll.) — adds requirements when you sell to consumers online: business's name and address, ADR (out-of-court dispute resolution) body information, delivery/payment terms, and — for online marketplaces — how offers are ranked, etc. I then did a quick Google to attempt to validate the LLM and it seems this is indeed true, I found https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2012-89 https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2012-89 and putting it through Google Translate, §435 is pretty clear that publication of name and address is required.
- atq2119 25d agoAssuming that summary is accurate: it specifically talks about businesses, so the requirements presumably don't apply to a personal website, which is what the post you were responding to was about.
- dvdkon 24d agoYes, I have a business registration and have to include personal details in a bunch of places. But if do things as a natural person, those requirements don't apply (and it's even simpler for people without a business registration).
- traceroute66 24d agoPlease do not attempt to move goalposts. My original comment was quite clearly about businesses, I wrote company/companies three times. I was unaware German Impressum applied to a natural person who is not running a business. If that is true, then I agree that is unfair. But I was never seeking to comment on that anyway.
- dvdkon 24d ago> I was unaware German Impressum applied to a natural person who is not running a business. If that is true, then I agree that is unfair. Then it seems we agree. I thougt you were commenting about both personal and business sites, given the original context being community forums.
- inigyou 24d agoOk. Maybe look up what something is, before commenting about what you assume it is.
- noAnswer 23d ago> I was unaware German Impressum applied to a natural person who is not running a business. It doesn't.