31st December 2006 | marketinglaw

Yesmail filter screens out ‘No mail’ requests
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
Oregon headquartered email marketing service provider Yesmail reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after failing to unsubscribe thousands of opt-outers. How could this respectable provider have come so…
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Working Holidays or Happy Christmas?
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
Three years on from the introduction of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, Victoria Parry focuses on work apparel and how employers might handle requests to work over…
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Wal-Mart car park blog unmasked
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
Was a heartwarming blog of small town America as seen from an RV parked in Wal-Mart lots more than it seemed? And what is the link between this case and…
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US-style security breach notification laws in Europe?
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
First the European Commission, now Europe’s data privacy regulators have called for laws obliging data controllers to fess up if personal data security breaches occur. Stephen Groom reports. Topic: Privacy Who: The…
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Predictions for 2007
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
What will be the hot marketing law events of the year to come? At our recent 8th annual Look Back, Face Forward marketing law forum, marketinglaw.co.uk editor Stephen Groom looked…
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O2/3 case bubbles up again
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
The court battle over Hutchison’s ‘3’ comparative ad of summer 2005 is not over. Now the Court of Appeal has referred key issues over use of competitors’ trade marks in…
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New risks for email marketers
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
In a UK first, an email account provider has obtained a court injunction banning a database supplier from selling bogus ‘opt in’ email address lists. What was the basis of…
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New Guidance (not) from the regulator
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
Three years on from the coming into force of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, the Information Commissioner’s Office has released updated Guidance. Topic: Email marketing Who: The…
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FSA’s new approach to regulating financial promotions
Written by Paul Anning on 31 Dec 2006
Spurred by the need to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, the FSA is consulting on major changes to how it generally regulates financial promotions. Topic: Financial services Who: Financial Services…
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FIFA gets no credit after New York judgment
Written by Nick Johnson on 31 Dec 2006
MasterCard filed suit against FIFA in the Southern District of New York. FIFA had inked an exclusive sponsorship deal with Visa for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups when MasterCard…
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Europe pulls back from the brink
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
After much lobbying by Ofcom and others, Euro ministers have engineered revisions to the much-criticised draft Audio Visual Media Services Directive. Product placement and, thanks to Euro MPs, food ads…
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Data export issues for promotion marketers
Written Osborne Clarke on 31 Dec 2006
Do UK privacy laws apply if marketing services are outsourced to US-based suppliers? And if so, what steps must be taken? View the slides for Stephen Groom’s talk on the…
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