The UK Government is consulting on proposed new rights for victims of “lookalike” packaging to take direct enforcement action based on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations. Hannah Willson reports on Trading Standards’ robust response.
Dismissing claims that it puts France on a collision course with relevant EU Directives, Paris legislators have introduced significant changes to laws affecting promotional prize draws and competitions. Osborne Clarke Paris’s Claire Bouchenard and Isabelle do Rego report.
The Direct Marketing Association was not comfortable with elements of the UK data regulator’s September 2013 guidance for direct marketers on data protection law compliance. Now following discussions with ICO, the trade body has published clarification. Mark Smith reports.
The “DMC” investigates complaints that Direct Marketing Association members have breached the DMA’s Direct Marketing Code of Practice. Ben Dunham reports on a recent DMC decision concerning nuisance caller Reactiv Media and its implications for their DMA membership.
