Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Dutch court upholds Fortnite fine for UCPD violations

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 While the "Digital Fairness Act" may or may not become a thing in the near future, it is interesting to see how regulators have s...
Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Deferred payment option as a ‘promotional offer’: CJEU in bonprix (C-100/24)

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In bonprix (Case C-100/24), the CJEU was asked to clarify the meaning of ‘promotional offers’ under Art. 6(c) of the E-commerce Directive ....

Comparison websites outside scope of comparative advertising: CJEU in HUK-Coburg (C‑697/23)

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For those who are on the lookout for good value for money, price comparison websites are a go-to tool. While ‘comparative advertising’ is re...
Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Hague court upholds a municipal ban on fossil fuel ads: implications for EU (consumer) law

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The climate malaise has invited many new regulatory measures in recent years to fight against greenwashing, with advertising bans being part...
Tuesday, 2 April 2024

How the CJEU's ruling in C-604/22 may transform online advertising: a closer look at the IAB Europe case

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In March, the CJEU issued a ruling ( Case C-604/22 IAB Europe ) that has sparked a lot of discussion. The ruling addresses certain practices...
Friday, 24 September 2021

CJEU case C-371/20 and the concept of ‘payment’ in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

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Case C‑371/20 ( here ) deals with an interesting question that has been receiving increasing regulatory attention: whether the concept of ‘p...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Further updates on consumer protection in the digital economy: TikTok, Google and Apple in the spotlight

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Yesterday we reported on some encouraging news about online consumer protection coming from Norway. Today we would like to follow up on thes...
Monday, 30 November 2020

New Digital Markets Unit in the UK - putting (some/few) platforms on notice

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Another interesting piece of news from the past few days is the UK government announcing the setting up of the Digital Markets Unit (' N...
Monday, 4 March 2019

Online platforms will be online platforms

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As we reported in October last year ( Combating online disinformation... ), the major online platforms operating in the EU (e.g. Facebook, ...
Monday, 19 November 2018

AG Opinion on Kirschstein (C-393/17): UCPD is not to interfere with high quality of education

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On 15th November 2018, AG Bobek delivered his opinion on Case C-393/17 Openbaar Ministerie v Kirschstein (Hereafter: Kirchstein). The case ...
Thursday, 18 October 2018

Combating online disinformation (aka fake news)

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This week representatives of online platforms (e.g. of Facebook, Google, Mozilla, Twitter), advertisers and advertising industry met with...
Friday, 15 June 2018

AG opinion in Wind Tre: aggressive practices require active conduct

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On the 31 st of May the AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona's opinion in the Wind Tre cases ( C ‑ 54/17 and C ‑ 55/17) was published. This is ...