If your friends and contacts have received an email or IM message from your Hotmail account with wording along the lines of “I would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electronic products… etc” – it is highly likely that your Hotmail account has been compromised.

IF YOU ARE THE POOR [...]]]> http://www.thatdanny.com/2009/04/18/what-to-do-if-your-hotmail-account-got-hacked-the-recent-spate-of-attacks-on-hotmail-accounts/feed/ 419 http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/05/21/imitating-a-consumer-to-promote-your-business-will-be-a-criminal-offence-from-monday-26-may-08-as-may-be-affiliate-marketing/ http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/05/21/imitating-a-consumer-to-promote-your-business-will-be-a-criminal-offence-from-monday-26-may-08-as-may-be-affiliate-marketing/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 05:55:33 +0000 Danny http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/05/21/imitating-a-consumer-to-promote-your-business-will-be-a-criminal-offence-from-monday-26-may-08-as-may-be-affiliate-marketing/ The new regulations that come in to force on Monday (The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008) have far reaching implications.

Some test cases will follow no doubt, but one clear implication is for the pretty widespread practice of a company or its staff writing up a good review for the company’s [...]]]> http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/05/21/imitating-a-consumer-to-promote-your-business-will-be-a-criminal-offence-from-monday-26-may-08-as-may-be-affiliate-marketing/feed/ 0