This draft Code of Practice for Web Designers of New Zealand
has yet to be fully ratified by members.
Upon ratification all existing and new members will agree to abide
to this COP.
Point
1:
Members shall commit themselves to improvement of their individual
competence and advance the knowledge and proficiency of the profession
through continuing research and education.
Point 2:
Members shall deal fairly with their clients and with fellow professionals,
giving due respect to the rights and legitimate interests of others.
Point 3:
Members shall accord due respect to principles and requirements
of specific New Zealand laws applying to Internet communications
--namely:-
Point
3 Notes:
Copyright Act Amendments relate to rights of : "A person
who owns the copyright in any one or more literary, dramatic,
musical, or artistic works, or one or more typographical arrangements
of a published edition, or one or more sound recordings or films".
So it applies directly to web designers.
Part II (which describes the Principles which apply to the collection
of personal information) of the Privacy Act apply directly to
all aspects of web site activity in which personal information
is requested, or gathered, such as online forms, guest books,
booking/order or purchase forms and use of cookies.
Members may also wish to visit the web site of leading New Zealand
patent and trademark law firm Baldwin
Son and Carey for summaries of key aspects of legislation
applying to patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, layout designs,
passing off, the Fair Trading Act, and intellectual property litigation.
Point 4:
Members shall accord due respect to standards that govern their
individual and professional practices.
Point 5:
Members shall respect the rights of the owners of intellectual
properties, including software authors, providing proper diligence
and reasonable effort to prevent the infringement of copyrights,
patents and other protections.
Point 6:
Members shall be encouraged to use voluntary ratings systems to
signal site content of an adult nature, except where such ratings
systems would undermine principles of free speech.
Point 7:
Members who breach the Code of Practice, and who are subject to
complaints about those breaches, may be barred from membership.
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