The Copyright Directive has been agreed by European Commission, Parliament and Council of the European Union. In September 2016, the European Commission proposed to modernise EU copyright rules as part of the Digital Single Market Strategy. After much (fraught) negotiation, political agreement on the text of the proposed Directive has now been reached by the…
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The CMA has announced that it has secured formal commitments from sixteen celebrity influencers and issued further guidance on influencer marketing….
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Highest fine to date under the GDPR issued by CNIL, the French data protection authority…