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Major Influencers Under the Loupe – Dutch Media Authority Publishes New Policy Rule Effective July 1

By Wouter van Wengen & Radboud Ribbert on June 23, 2022

Posted in Dutch Law, Featured, GT Alert, intellectual property, Intellectual Property Litigation, litigation, Netherlands

Success comes with a price. As of July 1, 2022, influencers with more than 500,000 followers (“Major Influencers”) will be under Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat van de Media) supervision due to a new Policy Rule. As such, Major Influencers will be required to comply with additional advertising rules from the Dutch Media…

CJEU Finds Website Operators Using Social Media Plugins Are Joint Controllers

By Gretchen A. Ramos, Carsten A. Kociok & Greenberg Traurig on August 1, 2019

Posted in Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), ePrivacy, EU, European Directive, European Union Law, GDPR, GT Alert, litigation, privacy

On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that a website operator using a social media plugin is a joint controller with the social media company providing the plugin and can be held jointly liable in relation to such processing activities. Although the case was decided under…