5/7/2025 8:47:07 AM UK advertising regulator’s annual review indicates its priorities for 2025 By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Charlie Fisher Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less The UK’s advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), recently published its 2024 Annual Report (here). This...
4/7/2025 3:40:00 PM Consumer protection provisions of the UK DMCCA and the CMA’s new enforcement powers are now in force By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Kate Collister Rachel Duffy Honor May Joshua Hare +3 more... Show less The majority of the consumer protection provisions of the landmark Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the DMCCA) went live...
3/26/2024 3:11:27 PM Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
12/8/2023 3:33:49 PM Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...
4/26/2023 12:41:27 PM The wait is over: UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill introduced to Parliament By Sharon Malhi Michele Davis Karen Slaney Justin Chen +1 more... Show less After months of waiting, the UK government has now introduced into Parliament the text of the hotly anticipated Digital Markets,...
4/20/2023 9:30:13 AM Green light for new product safety rules affecting online marketplaces By Andrew Austin Hannah Walker Gore Victor Garcia Lopez Rachel Duffy +1 more... Show less In brief: The EU legislators have now reached agreement on the final text of the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which will...
5/30/2022 10:04:32 AM UK advertising regulators grapple with the challenges of digital marketing By Andrew Austin Kate Collister Quick read: The 2021 Annual Report released by the UK’s advertising regulator, the ASA, emphasises its increasingly proactive approach to...
4/11/2022 2:23:26 PM The ICO turns its focus to ransomware attacks – key takeaways By Rhodri Thomas Christine Simpson Henrietta Kent Recent action by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) makes clear that protecting the public from ransomware attacks is a key...
4/11/2022 10:50:19 AM Spotlight on proposed new General Product Safety Regulation – discussions in Europe progress By Eugene McQuaid Victor Garcia Lopez At a time where digitalisation and online selling are constantly bringing new challenges to consumers, it is no coincidence that EU...
10/13/2021 8:46:32 AM UK competition, consumer and digital regulation reforms – key issues for business By Andrew Austin Sharon Malhi Sarah Jensen Rikki Haria Karen Slaney Lily Elliott +3 more... Show less On 1 October 2021, we submitted our responses to the UK Government’s parallel consultations on Reforming Competition and Consumer Policy...