# Shop Good told by DEC to remove its name from website

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/12/12/shop-good-told-dec-remove-its-name-website/
- Published: 2002-12-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Third Sector reports that the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has instructed
online shopping portal Shop Good to remove its name from the site because it said
it had not given it its permission to use it in relation to fundraising.
Shop Good’s
site claimed that it would donate the 15% commission it received from online purchases
made at sites such as Boots, Homebase and Dixons. It added that it could help raise
£1 million for the umbrella aid body.

Shop Good’s Kevin Shea could not verify that appropriate consent had been given,
so withdrew the references and banner ad mentioning DEC from the site.

Commercial companies are of course required to seek the written permission of a 
charity before they can announce that they will fundraise for them. Third Sector
points out that charities that find their names being used without their permission“
can take court action to obtain and injunction under section 52 of the Charities
Act 1992”.

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