consumer protection
Facebook and Whatsapp Fined for Breaching EU Law and Deceiving Consumers
The re-posting of this comment is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On 18 May 2017, the European Commission fined €110 million Facebook for providing misleading information during the 2014 takeover of WhatsApp in case COMP/M.7217. Calling it a “proportionate and deterrent fine”, the […]
Towards an EU-wide strategy on Fintech
The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On March 23 the European Commission organized a conference devoted to institutions, regulators, professionals and scholars from all Europe on ‘#FinTechEU – Is EU regulation fit for new financial technologies?’. The conference […]
Australian consumer protection body calls Steam’s return policy a bunch of hot air
If you’re a gamer, you’re probably familiar with the Steam game distribution platform, estimated to account for 75 percent of all online game purchases. Online game purchases have surged in recent years, owing greatly to their convenience — one can buy a game from home and play it nearly immediately. However, as sales have grown, […]
EU Consumer Protection Reform: Liability for Software Code
A recent proposal by European Commissioners Meglena Kuneva and Viviane Reding outlined a number of consumer protections relating to licensing agreements. In the event that the proposal becomes law, software companies could be held liable for their code. The directive requires that products, including software licensed under licensing agreements, be held to a higher standard […]