Tag: consumer
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#ECJ: a seller, on an internet website, with a certain amount of offers is not automatically considered as a professional “trader”
A person who publishes a number of sales advertisements on a website is not automatically a ‘trader’ That activity may be regarded as a ‘commercial practice’ if that person is acting for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession A consumer bought a second-hand watch on an online sales platform. After…
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APP POKEMON GO – Clausole vessatorie – Provvedimento AGCM n. 26729
“ai fini della qualificazione come contrattuale del rapporto che si instaura tra Niantic e il consumatore e della valutazione dei profili di vessatorietà delle relative clausole, ai sensi del Codice del Consumo, non assume rilievo che la prestazione dei servizi sia erogata in assenza di corrispettivo monetario” […] Sul punto, in ogni caso, giova richiamare…
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WHATSAPP – Clausole vessatorie Provvedimento AGCM n. 26734
Con provvedimento n. 26596 dell’11 maggio 2017, l’Autorità ha accertato la vessatorietà, ai sensi degli artt. 33, commi 1 e 2, e 35, commi 1 e 2, Codice del Consumo, di alcune clausole del modello contrattuale, in uso alla data di avvio del procedimento e tuttora vigente, sottoposto all’accettazione dei consumatori che vogliano usufruire…
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E-commerce: making online shopping safer for consumers – Commission Notice on the market surveillance of products sold online (C/2017/5200)
E-commerce: making online shopping safer for consumers Commission Notice on the market surveillance of products sold online (C/2017/5200) The internet has changed how consumers shop and businesses advertise and sell their goods and services. E-commerce enables consumers and businesses to interact differently and increases consumer welfare because of lower online prices and greater choice (1).…
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Mergers: Commission fines Facebook €110 million for providing misleading information about WhatsApp takeover
The European Commission has fined Facebook €110 million for providing incorrect or misleading information during the Commission’s 2014 investigation under the EU Merger Regulation of Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Today’s decision sends a clear signal to companies that they must comply with all aspects of EU…
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UberPOP – is it an information society service? – According to Advocate General Szpunar, Member States may prohibit and punish, as a matter of criminal law, the illegal exercise of transport activities in the context of the UberPop service, without notifying the Commission of the draft law in advance
Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 72/17 Luxembourg, 4 July 2017 Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-320/16 Uber France SAS The French company Uber France operates an electronic platform which enables users, with the aid of a smartphone equipped with the corresponding application, to order urban transport services in the…
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UNCTAD – World Consumer Protection Map
UNCTAD announces the development of a digital tool that will help protect consumers in the digital age How are countries protecting your rights as a consumer and adapting them to the global marketplace? This is one of the many questions addressed in UNCTAD’s Peer Review on Consumer Protection, the first of its kind. …
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European Court of Justice hears consumer collective action case against Facebook – 19.07.2017
On 19 July, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is holding a hearing about an Austrian collective action against Facebook. Max Schrems, the Austrian data protection campaigner, has brought a case to court in Austria on behalf of 25,000 Austrian and foreign consumers to claim compensation from Facebook for violation of their privacy rights. …
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EPRS – Towards new rules on sales and digital content Analysis of the key issues
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service In 2015, the Commission presented two proposals for directives: on the online sale of goods to consumers, and on the supply of digital content to consumers. The legal basis for the proposals is Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which empowers the…
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Il parere dell’EDPS sulla tutela dei diritti fondamentali nell’era dei Big Data
Nel settembre 2016 l’European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), autorità garante europea per la protezione dei dati personali, ha pubblicato un parere concernente la tutela dei diritti fondamentali nell’era dei Big Data. Il Parere, che fa seguito alla “Preliminary Opinion on Privacy and competitiveness in the age of big data” del 2014, evidenzia le connessioni tra…
Silvia Martinelli 