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Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
H.R. 1: Digital Ad Regulation and Foreign National Prohibitions: What Political Advertisers and Ad Platforms Need to Know
Law Brief: The Legal Perils of Video Marketing
Ron Camhi Discusses the Importance of Mobile Advertising
Celina Kirchner Discusses Social Media Advertising Laws
On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling (C-604/22 | IAB Europe) clarifying the concepts of personal data and controller in the context of the use of a Transparency and Consent Framework...more
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation of September 14, 2022, along with the Digital Services Act (DSA) regulation, represents one of the major digital initiatives of the European Union. Gradually applicable since May 2,...more
YouTube’s ad blocker detection technology is facing legal challenges from privacy advocates who claim it violates their privacy rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to the complaint, YouTube...more
The bill has been introduced into the UK’s Parliament with various amendments to the initial draft published in May 2021, reflecting the extensive feedback received and the challenges in reaching a consensus. In March...more
European data authorities are increasingly united in policing data and privacy violations - It began, innocently enough, with an update to TikTok's privacy policy. Via upbeat messaging, users learned that they would soon...more
This OnPoint summarises and draws together the proposals forming part of the EU’s strategies for data, digital and artificial intelligence. This is the first in a series of Dechert OnPoints that will cover these proposals in...more
On July 18, 2022, the European Council formally adopted the “Regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector”, also referred to as the “Digital Markets Act” or “DMA”. This marks the final step for this new...more
On May 10, 2022, the European Commission (EC) adopted new regulations, updating the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the EC's Vertical Guidelines (VGL) to make them "fit for an even more digitalized decade...more
The European Commission Opens Investigation into an Allegedly Anticompetitive Agreement Between Two Global Tech Companies Active in Online Display Advertising Services - On 11 March 2022, the European Commission (Commission)...more
Last week, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ruled that the IAB’s cookie consent framework violated the GDPR. This decision has tremendous potential implications on the ad tech industry, as both publishers and advertisers...more
Introduction - Have you ever searched for a brand’s name online only to find that the first link leads to a competitor’s or reseller’s website? This can be a major problem for direct-to-consumer manufacturers and brands....more
Part I: What Are Third-Party Cookies and Why they are Important — PART II — Privacy Laws And Third-Party Cookies - Welcome to our second installment in our five-part series preparing you for the post-cookie world. In our...more
A Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing on Thursday turned into an airing of grievances session for smaller tech companies focusing on their issues with Apple and Google’s app stores and their “stranglehold on the business of...more
The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a decision declaring that the use of a photo of a prominent person for an editorial article infringes upon the right to one's own image if the photo is only used as a...more
EU and British authorities unveiled new proposals this week to “crimp the power of ‘gatekeeper’ platforms like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which policymakers argue deserve more oversight given their outsize...more
Following recent histrionics from the White House, ByteDance, “the Chinese internet giant that owns TikTok, has offered to sell all of the popular video app’s American operations as a way to save the business from being...more
This week’s Update features a number of updates on previous stories, including our recent story on Expedia’s apparent abandonment of indirect and direct channel rate parity provisions in Australia. Enjoy....more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - France to Ban Mass Culling of Male Chicks - France’s agriculture minister has reportedly announced that the country will prohibit the mass culling of male chicks shortly after they...more
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft face continued problems from “potentially hazardous wiring.” European regulators want the manufacturer to relocate some of the wiring to prevent “potential short circuit[s], which in a worst-case...more
While there’s plenty of other business afoot in D.C. these days, it also happens to have been a pretty big week for trade deals. A day after Phase One with China was inked, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a revised...more
With the approval of Law 27 December 2019, no. 160 (the Budget Law), the Italian digital services tax (the DST), initially provided by Law 30 December 2018, no. 145, has finally come into force, being effective as of 1...more
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
On October 1, 2019, the European Union Court of Justice notably ruled on the type of consent required by a consumer in order to store cookies on their device. The case involved a promotional online lottery organized by...more
On October 1, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) confirmed recent guidance from the UK and CNIL regulators in finding that the use of pre-checked boxes does not constitute consent for processing of personal information...more
Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more