Advocate General Szpunar has issued a preliminary opinion in proceedings where the French courts referred the question of whether Airbnb Ireland was a real estate agent and therefore subject to more restrictive French laws….
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European Data Protection Board adopts guidelines on application of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR The European Data Protection Board has adopted guidelines on the scope and application of Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 in relation to information society services. In its guidelines, the EDPB makes general observations regarding data protection principles and the…
The Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have been made. They revoke geo-blocking legislation in the UK if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal deal….
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The UK government has issued a call for views on the UK’s proposed approach to regulating non-UK based digital service providers operating in the UK under the NIS Regulations after the UK leaves the EU….
The UK government has announced that age verification measures for online pornography under the Digital Economy Act 2017 will come into force in the UK on 15 July 2019….
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The High Court has considered to what extent the claimant could obtain remedies for inadequate subject access responses under the Data Protection Act 1998….
The High Court has ruled in favour of the Advertising Standards Authority in a judicial review claim brought by Cityfibre….
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The European Council has adopted two new directives on the supply of digital content and sale of goods to consumers as part of the Digital Single Market strategy…
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The new directive aims to make licensing of copyright-protected material contained in such programmes easier so that they can be made available throughout the EU….
The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that Casio has broken competition law by restricting retailers’ freedom to discount online….
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