Thursday, 30 January 2014

Pingback: first fines for cookie rules violation in Spain!

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As reported by the Privacy Law Blog , the first known fines since the implementation of the new cookie rules in Europe have been issued. W...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Taking data protection seriously

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Following up on yesterday's post, today's news brings the idea of a Data Protection Compact for Europe. At the occasion of Data Pr...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Data protection reform full speed ahead

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On the eve of this year's Data Protection Day, the European Commission takes stock of the progress of the reform of the EU's legal...
Friday, 17 January 2014

The image(s) of the 'consumer' in EU law - Oxford conference 27-28 March

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This semester, I got the opportunity to do some teaching in the UK. The English legal system offers many interesting topics of study, espec...

To the lighthouse

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Would you know exactly how much you spend on energy (gas and electricity) and if there are any more convenient offers available? Euro...

A resounding NO to genetically modified food in the EU

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In their resolution yesterday the Members of the European Parliament argued that the European Council and the European Commission should ...

Manufacturer's jurisdiction in product liability cases - CJEU judgment in Kainz (C-45/13)

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16 January 2014: CJEU judgment in Kainz ( C-45/13 ) Mr Kainz, resident of Salzburg (Austria), bought a bicycle from a company Funbike, ...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

Testing significant imbalance in unfair contract terms - CJEU in Constructora Principado C-226/12

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16 January 2014: CJEU judgment in Constructora Principado (case C-226/12 ) Mr Álvarez purchased a dwelling and his contract put the res...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Consumer programme adopted

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Today, the European Parliament has approved the Consumer Programme 2014-2020, with a budget of 189 mln euros.  The focus of the new p...
Monday, 13 January 2014

Choosing Not to Choose

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On Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory blog , I came across a recent article on consumer behaviour by 'nudge expert' Cass Sunstein:...