Top 3 fashion predictions
As “fashion fades and only style remains”, here you have our (hopefully stylish) guess on the top three fashion predictions for 2019.
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The Italian competition authority fines Facebook EUR 10million for unfair commercial practices
With a decision published on December 7th 2018, following an investigation launched in April 2018, the Italian Competition Authority has fined Facebook Ireland Ltd., and its parent company Facebook Inc., for engaging in two unfair commercial practices in violation of the Italian Consumer Code.
The Pros and Cons of the new EU Geo-Blocking Regulation
Everyone knows that State frontiers were a serious challenge to the exchange of products and services within the European Union. Then, after reaching the so-called Schengen acquis, Member States managed to tear down internal borders and ensure a well-functioning circulation of products over the Union. The new EU Geo-Blocking Regulation is a further step towards the freedom of services throughout the European Union.
Influencers: from the spotlight to the eye of the storm!
Influencers and brands have no way out: advertising shall be clearly recognizable as such and this true also with regard to any communication addressed to the netizens. Following FTC and ASA’s guidelines, this topic has been also into the Italian Authorities’ sights lately and several actions have been taken to regulate the phenomenon of influencer …
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New deal for consumers #2: online platforms should be transparent!
As mentioned in our previous post, the European Commission has recently launched the “New Deal for Consumers”, a new package of initiatives aimed at strengthening consumer rights and harmonizing consumers laws across the European Union. This article is just the first piece of a puzzle of posts that we will publish on the main innovations …
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Italian Supreme Court grapples with Consent to Data Processing in a recent case
On 02 July 2018, with judgment no. 17278/2018, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) took an important stand on the notion of consent to personal data processing for marketing purposes. Let’s see what the case is about and what are the main points of Supreme Court decision.
New guidelines for EU Financial Institutions moving to Cloud Computing
Prompted by the increasing interest for the use of cloud outsourcing solutions within the banking industry, the European Banking Authority (“EBA“) has recently issued the final recommendations on the use of cloud service providers by financial institutions (“Recommendations“), which will be applicable as of 1 July 2018.
Significant changes to consumer law are on the way: what companies need to know
On 11 April 2018, the European Commission proposed the so called “New Deal for Consumers” to strengthen EU consumer rights and enforcement.