29th April 2003 | marketinglaw

Reasons to be careful over dress codes

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

Can requiring an employee to wear a collar and tie or a skirt give rise to legitimate employee complaints? Is there a requirement for your male employees to wear…
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Price indications code to get much needed revamp

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

After 15 years it was certainly high time the “Code Of Practice For Traders On Price Indications” got a spring-clean. Topic: Prices Who: The Department of Trade and Industry When: March 2003 Where: London What happened: …
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New rules herald limited change

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

Proposals for implementing the fax marketing provisions of the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive try to define “unsolicited”. Do they succeed? Topic: Fax marketing Who: The Department of Trade and Industry When: March…
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New IPA guidelines to mobile marketing

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

The recent appearance of guidelines for mobile marketing from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising completed a welter of recent codes, laws and guidelines applicable to this marketing channel. …
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New draft cookie rules emerge

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

At one point it looked like “opt-in” for all EU cookies, but just-published draft regulations under the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications say different. Topic: Cookies Who: Department of Trade…
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New digital marketing law enforcement conundrum

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

New draft UK regulations to implement the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive offer a spectacular variety of new rules and regulations affecting direct marketing. But how are they going…
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ITC swansong

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

It’s the end of an era as the ITC publishes its very last Annual Report and Accounts before the arrival of OFCOM. Topic: TV Who: The Independent Television Commission When: April 2003 Where: London What happened: The…
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It’s official: no new EC sponsorship laws

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

Following a wide ranging review of existing member state sponsorship laws, a European Commission Expert group has reached a shattering conclusion. Topic: Sponsorship Who: European Commission Expert Group When: March 2003 Where: Brussels What happened Marketinglaw.co.uk understands…
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Halloween 2003 location data freedom

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

Not that you would know it, but the present legal regime for marketing use of data about a mobile phone user’s location is very strict indeed. New mobile marketing rules…
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FSA £100,000 ad fine

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

The Financial Services Authority has sought to answer recent “soft on ads” criticisms with a swingeing first fine for misleading financial advertising. Topic: Financial Who: The Financial Services Authority and DBS Financial…
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Eddie appeals £2000 award for image use

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

Ex F1 driver Eddie Irvine appealed against his measly £2,000 damages award for TalkSport’s unauthorised use of his image in its advertising. Topic: Personality rights Who: Eddie Irvine and TalkSport Limited When: April 2003 Where: Court…
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Cold callers don’t escape new marketing rules

Written Osborne Clarke on 29 Apr 2003

It’s not just cookies, email, fax and mobile marketing that the new Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations due in Autumn in 2003 have in their sights. Topic: Telemarketing Who: The Department of…
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