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 “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.
For the first time, judgment has been given in a fully argued case in which compensation was claimed for receipt of spam. Some key facts are still unclear, but Stephen Groom identifies lessons already clear for all websites with a registration procedure.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a draft “Age Supplement” to the Equality Act Code of Practice, including examples of what amounts to illegal discrimination on age grounds and how to take advantage of exemptions. Manana Shrimpling reports.
