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Topic: Telemarketing Who: ICO Where: UK When: 18 March 2013 Law stated as at: 4 April 2013 What happened: On 18 March 2013 the ICO issued a monetary penalty of…
Topic: Telemarketing Who: Ofcom Where: London When: February 2013 Law stated as at: 28 February 2013 What happened: Ofcom published the latest edition of its Telecoms Complaints Bulletin. This revealed…
Topic: Promotion marketing Who: Debenhams Retail plc (“Debenhams”), the Daily Mail and the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) When: 20 February 2013 Where: UK Law stated as at: 7 March 2013…
Topic: Privacy Who: The UK Information Commissioner Where: Direct Marketing Association conference, London When: February 2013 Law stated as at: 8 February 2013 What happened: Christopher Graham, former Director General…
A three year transition period allowed marketers by the Federal Data Protection Act 2009 has expired. Now there is no hiding place for German marketers when it comes to consent…
The Institute of Promotional Marketing has published “The Experiential Marketing Code of Conduct.” Backed by such as the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, the Marketing Agencies Association and Coca Cola,…
Playup interactive gaming paid £1m for various sponsor benefits linked to the PFA’s “Player of the Month” etc awards. “Targeted marketing opportunities” for PlayUp included email and SMS to be…
For most mailing lists, qualifying for “database right” has been the best hope of protection from unauthorised use ever since copyright for lists was largely abolished. A recent case illustrates…
The Manifesto Club campaigns against the ‘hyper-regulation’ of everyday life and seeks to protect right to leaflet as a key civic freedom. Francesca Weil and Judith Gordon study a report…
Following the substantially updated and revamped new edition of the CAP “UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing,” effective from Wednesday 1 September 2010, the UK’s Direct…
In the case of Football Dataco v Brittens the court grappled with the question of whether football fixture lists were protected by copyright or database right or, like most customer/prospect…