2nd March 2010 | marketinglaw

Personal data export red letter day on 15th May 2010
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
Very soon, life will theoretically get easier for data controllers looking to outsource data processing jobs offshore. A new “Commission Decision” has ratified new standard contractual clauses to legitimise otherwise…
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On-line gaming law shake-up?
Written by Nick Johnson on 02 Mar 2010
When the UK gambling law regime was overhauled by the Gambling Act 2005, online gaming seemed set fair to flourish. But high duties and restrictive rules have so far confounded…
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New enforcer for grocery suppliers
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
After an April 2008 Competition Commission report on the UK grocery supply market, a new Groceries Supply Code has just come into force and a new grocery supply “Ombudsman” post…
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New “i” system to be launched for OBA transparency
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
Advertising trade bodies in the US have adopted a new symbol to tell consumers when they are being served behavioural adverts. The symbol – an ‘i’ in a circle –…
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Labour gets its own laws wrong
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
The Labour Party has recently been hit with an ICO enforcement notice following complaints about their automated telemarketing campaign featuring the voice of Vera Duckworth. Jenny Reid reports. Topic:…
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Kanga flag boxes unclever in Vancouver?
Written by Nick Johnson on 02 Mar 2010
A boxing kangaroo has long been an emblem for Australian sport, so surely it was fair dinkum for the Aussie Winter Olympic team to display a two storey high flag…
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ICC launches new environmental marketing “Framework”
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
As the tide of “greenwash” claims rises ever higher in advertising for virtually all products it seems, the International Chamber of Commerce has heaved in with guidance for marketers on…
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Govt climb-down on new product placement regime
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
There has been yet another change of tack on the road to deciding what to do about paid-for product placement on UK TV now that Brussels says member states can…
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German court orders full media credit disclosure
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
The Munich Higher Regional Court has ordered Danone’s former media buying agency to make full disclosure of kick-backs and other benefits arising from its work for Danone. A damages claim…
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FSA announces total fine haul for 2009 and slams Standard Life £2.5m
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
The Financial Services Authority has fined Standard life £2.45m (and that’s after a discount for good behaviour) in its first significant penalty of 2010 following a bumper year for fines…
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Data Protection Intensive
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
EU Data Protection Commissioner Peter Hustinx will give the keynote address at the 4th Annual DataGuidance European Data Protection Intensive to be held this year in London on 20 and…
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Bicycle part “testimonial” leaves tracks
Written Osborne Clarke on 02 Mar 2010
An ad for KMC X10SL bicycle chains pictured and quoted Swedish cyclist Emma Johansson, but had she consented to this? Ms Johannson’s management team thought not and complained to the…
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