White Estates

Via our Facebook page, we have been directed to the website of White Estates in London, and their registration page:

Not only do White Estates not believe in the title 'Ms', they also seem to think that Dr is a male-only title, and that couples always consist of one male and one female. Rather a lot of errors there. No doubt they'll be pleased to receive our email and eager to correct their mistakes.

Cartier

Cartier have a variety of websites for various countries, but something all the English-language ones have in common is a lack of 'Ms' on the registration form. This screenshot is taken from their US website:

Apparently this has been the case since at least 2006. We've contacted Cartier for their comments.

Imperial College - Faculty of Medicine

Imperial College's Faculty of Medicine is running a course on Basic and Clinical Allergy - the registration form is a PDF (Google Docs version). They managed to include Dr and Professor on their list of possible titles for those wishing to attend, but omitted Ms. We've emailed them to let them know, and look forward to publishing any response they may wish to make.

Vistaprint - www.vistaprint.co.uk

Found via nes49 on Twitter, Vistaprint's registration form for new customers:

As always, we have contacted Vistaprint's customer service team to see if they'd like to make any comment about their form.

Bolton Council

Today we're also calling attention to Bolton Council's registration form for street traders (original .doc format, Google cache HTML). Again, the complete range of choices on offer are Mr, Mrs or Miss. We've contacted the council and will be happy to publish any response they may wish to make.

PC World - www.pcworld.co.uk

The first site to feature was brought to our attention by Charlotte Dingle, and is PC World's UK site. Specifically, the registration page.

We've contacted PC World's parent company (DSG International) inviting them to comment, and will publish their response here if they give one.

Update (Fri 12 Mar 2010): PC World have replied:

Your comments have been forwarded onto our web team for further consideration. Amendments may be made to the website as a result of your correspondence.

Introduction

In 1972, the U.S. Government Printing Office approved the use of the title 'Ms' on official government documents. Some websites haven't quite caught up with this new-fangled notion. If you spot one, please send us the link - you can reply to this post, or use our guestbook on the right. We'll post them up here, and then contact the owner for their comments. Who knows, they might even fix it.