A plethora of high-profile examples in recent months have emphasised the damage that illegal and harmful online content can do, both at an individual and a societal level. Since becoming Collins Dictionary’s word of the year in 2017, “fake news” has been at the forefront of discussion, challenging the democratic
Continue Reading Online Safety Bill: What issues does the Bill pose for UK businesses operating online?
By Patrick Van Eecke and Anne-Gabrielle Haie
From July 12, 2020 onwards, new European rules will oblige online platforms to take several additional measures, including reviewing their terms and conditions, establishing a data policy and creating a complaint handling system. The Platform to Business Regulation is directed towards companies that
Continue Reading Europe: New rules for the platform economy
With over three billion people around the world using social media every month, it is no surprise that businesses are driving marketing spend towards social platforms to help them connect with their consumers, increase awareness about their brand, and (importantly) boost leads and sales.
DLA Piper recently hosted an event
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By Saher Valiani, Matt Holian and Jill Marinoff
Developments in technology are driving major change across all sectors and, in many cases, these changes are significantly impacting legal developments in a particular industry. In the past, pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigations typically commenced following major regulatory action
Continue Reading An intersection of technology and life sciences: The impact of big data and social media
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram etc. might have to pay for their usage of telecom networks as their services can be substitutable of traditional telecom services.
Continue Reading WhatsApp and Messenger shall pay to the network in Italy?
WhatsApp and Skype might be subject to new regulatory obligations in Italy as a consequence of the consultation just launched by the Italian communication authority (AgCom).
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The launch of smart home technologies and social media functionalities enabling quick purchases hides the risks of lack of compliance with European e-commerce and distance regulations.
Continue Reading The magic button of smart homes and social media
By Patrick Van Eecke and Julie De Bruyn
Today a delegation of Facebook is meeting with the Belgian ‘Secretary of State’ responsible for Privacy , Bart Tommelein. The subject of conversation are Facebook’s new terms of service and data policy, which are claimed to be in breach of the Belgian
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In the competitive world of personal finance banks are continuously looking for new ideas to gain a small commercial advantage over the competition. Consequently, we have seen the introduction of internet banking and more recently the conduct of transactional banking on mobile phones. Into this crowded arena the Commonwealth Bank
Continue Reading Banking on Facebook — The View from Australia
I was reading a post from a prominent social media “expert” providing advice for lawyers using social media. In the post, among other advice, the expert recommended that lawyers look through twitter posts for people with problems and then offer to solve their problems by contacting the individuals via twitter.
Continue Reading Social Media and Legal Professional Ethics
