Kategorie: Consumer protection
Mandatory Registration on E-Commerce Websites in Light of EDPB Recommendations 2/2025
Shopping over the internet has become one of the main means of concluding consumer contracts over the past two decades. This development has brought undeniable benefits in terms of speed, accessibility, and convenience, but it has also fundamentally changed the conditions under which customers’ personal data are processed. One of the most prominent manifestations of …
Read moreAmendment to the Waste Directive: New rules for reducing food and textile waste
In recent years, the European Union has significantly intensified its efforts to transition to a circular economy and reduce the negative environmental impacts of production and consumption. This direction, which is one of the pillars of the European Green Deal, is reflected in a number of strategic documents and legislative initiatives aimed at reducing waste, …
Read moreLabelling of plant-based foods in light of the latest case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union
In recent years, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter the “CJEU“) has issued a number of judgments that have had a significant impact on food labelling practices within the European Union. These rulings reflect the CJEU’s ongoing effort to strike a balance between protecting consumers against misleading or deceptive food labelling and …
Read moreThe EU Data Act, or what the new EU regulation brings us
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023, which lays down harmonized rules on fair access to and use of data, and amends Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (the “Data Act”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 22 December 2023 and …
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