UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018
The default backdrop to any deal that touches personal data. Lawful basis, data subject rights, DPIAs, international transfers — the whole framework. Bakes into every SaaS and platform contract.
One of Peter's two core specialisms. SaaS agreements, platform terms, data processing contracts, reseller and partner deals, online terms. Senior technology law advice for UK businesses — buyer side and supplier side.
A technology contract is half commercial deal, half operating manual. When it works, nobody notices. When it doesn't, everyone does.
Plus Legal is a specialist technology lawyer working with SaaS businesses, platforms, ecommerce operators and the companies that buy from them. Technology is one of Peter's two core specialisms. Every instruction is handled personally — the thinking and the drafting come from the same senior head.
This page is a plain-English guide to the technology and ecommerce law that shapes these deals — what the page covers, the laws and regulations behind it, and the clauses that tend to leak money. If you are about to sign, renegotiate, or write the template for next year, book a consultation.
SaaS, platform, data, ecommerce — the commercial technology stack, front to back. We draft the templates, negotiate the bespoke deals and review what is already on the desk.
Dedicated deep-dive pages for some of these topics are on their way. In the meantime, they all sit inside the work we do here.
Technology and ecommerce sit on top of a busy regulatory backdrop. These are the sources that shape nearly every tech or digital deal Peter touches.
The default backdrop to any deal that touches personal data. Lawful basis, data subject rights, DPIAs, international transfers — the whole framework. Bakes into every SaaS and platform contract.
Cookies, marketing emails, electronic direct marketing. Sits alongside UK GDPR and often overlooked in consumer-facing tech.
Information and contracting requirements for online services. Plain disclosures, order acknowledgements, the basics of lawful online contracting.
Online sales, digital content and digital services. Quality, conformity, remedies — the consumer-facing half of ecommerce.
Duties on user-to-user and search services. Risk assessments, content governance, illegal-content safety duties. Live and evolving under Ofcom.
Transparency, ranking and complaint-handling obligations on online intermediation services. Platform T&Cs need to meet specific standards.
Electronic signatures are valid across UK commercial contracts. Digital contracting for tech deals is clean when handled properly.
Cybersecurity obligations on essential and digital service providers and on connectable consumer products. Increasingly a contractual expectation.
Six areas where technology contracts leak money and trust. Spot them early and the deal comes out cleaner.
Often missing, often wrong. Scope of processing, sub-processor consent, audit rights, international transfers. Legally required and commercially material.
The IDTA and EU SCCs post-Schrems II. Addenda have to stay in step with the underlying policy. The mechanism cannot be an afterthought.
"99.9% availability" means nothing without a baseline, a measurement window, exclusions and a credit formula. Vague SLAs fail the moment they matter.
Most development disputes start here. If it is not written down, it is not acceptance — and the money conversation never ends.
Caps that equal last-year fees can be trivially low on a five-year contract. Set caps against realistic exposure, not invoice history.
The default rarely matches expectation. Who owns the custom reports, the integrations, the connector built for one customer? Paper it before the work starts.
From one of Peter's two core specialisms. The tips that separate tech deals that age well from the ones that do not.
Personal data, special-category data, international transfers. The contract has to match the diagram; if you cannot draw it, you cannot draft it.
Not vague goodwill. A numerical remedy means the SLA does work. A statement of good intent does not.
Before the work starts. Bespoke code, customisations, training data, integrations. "We'll sort it later" is the phrase that costs money.
Exit assistance, source-code escrow, data export rights. Build the parachute before you need it. It is cheap now and priceless later.
A real customer, a real failure, a real refund request. If the contract falls over on one example, it is not ready.
Plus Legal works with SaaS founders, platform operators, ecommerce businesses and their enterprise buyers — from the UK and beyond.
First customer MSAs, enterprise subscription agreements, DPA templates, international expansion terms.
Platform terms of service, marketplace rules, creator and seller agreements, P2B compliance.
Online T&Cs, subscription rules, payment-processor terms, fulfilment and logistics contracts.
Tech procurement, due diligence on vendors, overflow support on negotiated SaaS and cloud deals.
Every engagement is scoped clearly up front and priced on a basis that suits the matter. No open-ended hourly bills. No surprises at the end. Most work in this area falls into one of four pricing models.
Peter is based in Spain and delivers work remotely for clients across the UK. In-person meetings are arranged when the matter calls for them. The firm is registered and regulated in England and Wales (SRA) at 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU.
Practical guidance on the technology and ecommerce work this page covers. First pieces publishing soon.
A plain-English guide to the clauses that matter most in a software-as-a-service agreement — from acceptance to liability to exit.
Publishing Q2 2026The Article 28 clauses that carry real weight, and the ones that are drafting habit. A buyer-side and supplier-side read.
Publishing Q2 2026How to write platform terms that scale with the business, survive regulator attention, and do not need a rewrite on every funding round.
Publishing Q2 2026Commercial matters rarely sit in one box. These are the neighbouring practice areas where the same deals often touch down.
Outsourcing, services, SaaS, T&Cs, NDAs.
03Licensing, ownership, confidentiality.
04Contract disputes, mediation, strategy.
05Fintech, insurance, banking, regulated.
06Content, licensing, distribution, rights.
SaaS, platform, data, ecommerce — send the draft or the situation. Peter will tell you what the real issue is and what a clean scope of work looks like.