Lucy Hart

Dec 17, 2024 | globalcompliancenews.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Sebastian Schwiddessen |Lucy Hart

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a directive aimed at improving the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities across the European Union (EU). It establishes common accessibility requirements for a wide range of products and services provided to consumers to ensure that people with disabilities have better access to digital and physical environments, thereby promoting their inclusion and participation in society.

Jul 16, 2024 | lexology.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Lucy Hart |Cara Heaslip

The UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the “DMCC“) on 24 May 2024. The DMCC will bring radical change to the enforcement of consumer law in the UK, introducing new powers for the CMA to issue direct fines of up to 10% of global annual turnover for breaches. The DMCC also introduces changes to substantive UK consumer law provisions, including changes related to subscriptions, online reviews and drip pricing.

Aug 2, 2023 | lexology.com | Lucy Hart

The European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the ‘Framework’) still has a significant beneficial impact for companies even if they continue to rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (‘SCCs’) for transatlantic data transfers instead of participating in the Framework due to the findings in the decision regarding updated US laws and practices.

Jul 19, 2023 | globalcompliancenews.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Joanna Hewitt |Lucy Hart

Key considerations for businesses regarding green claims and environmental messagingIn briefRecent decisions from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a UK regulator, highlight how companies must critically rethink the ways in which they advertise and report on green credentials.

Feb 14, 2023 | lexology.com | Lucy Hart

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published an update confirming its plans to cease enforcement of certain breaches of regulation 5A of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) against public electronic communications service providers (CSPs). Regulation 5A PECR requires CSPs to notify the ICO within 24 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach.