Thursday, 20 October 2016

ECJ: dynamic IP addresses can be personal data- and yet websites may be able to store them without consent

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Yesterday, the Court of Justice delivered its decision in Breyer v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-582/14, not yet available in English), a ...
Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Comparing prices in hyper- and supermarkets - AG Saugmandsgaard Øe in Carrefour Hypermarchés (C-562/12)

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AG Saugmandsgaard Øe has issued an opinion today in the case C-562/12 ( Carrefour Hypermarchés ) concerning an issue of a potential misle...
Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Putting an end to silos enforcement of consumer (data protection) rights?

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Last month, BEUC and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) held a joint conference on the enforcement of fundamental rights- not...
Monday, 3 October 2016

Tax increase on consumer goods - an effective nudging tool?

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There is an interesting article in today's The Guardian by P. Barkham on how the introduction of a 5p charge for plastic bags last year...
Thursday, 29 September 2016

Online portal for participating in EU legislative processes

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Within the Better Regulation Agenda , the EU Commission has launched an online portal over the summer that enables everyone to follow and t...
Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Consumers' attitudes to Terms and Conditions (T&Cs)

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The European Commission has published a study on " Consumers' attitudes to Terms and Conditions " conducted by a consortium c...
Monday, 19 September 2016

GDPR, e-Privacy and beyond: more certainty and coherence for the online sector (or quite the opposite)?

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The interplay of GDPR and e-Privacy Directive One of the objectives of the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which was adop...
Friday, 16 September 2016

Effective consumer protection in light of Article 47 EUCFR: Opinion of AG Kokott (C-503/15 Margarit Panicello)

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Yesterday, Advocate General Kokott presented her opinion in yet another case on Spanish procedural law and the effective protection of cons...
Thursday, 15 September 2016

Provision of information on a durable medium: AG Bobek on Case C‑375/15

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Today, an interesting opinion by AG Michal Bobek has been published. It concerns more directly the field of e-banking, but also touches on...
Monday, 12 September 2016

AG opinion in Vanderborght (C-339/15): Belgian prohibition of all ads for dental care is EU law-proof.

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Last Thursday, AG Bot has delivered his opinion in case C-339/15 , a Belgian case concerning the prohibition, in that country, of any form...