5G: Towards the end of the smartphone era?
5G will allow a 1000-fold increase in debit compared to 4G. The main advantage is the reduction of latency, the reaction time after a click on your smartphone, tablet or connected computer. The 5G will […]
Industry
Joint industry letter on the ePrivacy Regulation
7th October – Together with other European associations, FEDMA has issued a letter to HE Ambassador Per Fabricius Andersen calling for a new approach to the ePrivacy Proposal. Welcoming the attempts of the Council to […]
FEDMA and 60 organisations call for reconsidering the proposal for the ePrivacy Regulation
8th October – Together with FEDMA, over 60 European organizations have issued a letter urging Member States to ask the European Commission to reconsider its proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. Fully supportive of the worthy […]
CRODMA’s new project on integrated marketing
CRODMA – Croatian Association for Direct and Interactive Marketing is a professional association established in 2007. It became a full member of FEDMA in 2008. CRODMA promotes direct marketing by organizing international scientific-expert Conferences and […]
New Deal for Consumers: progress on the modernisation of EU consumer law
On 21 March, the Romanian Presidency announced that a provisional agreement, confirmed the following week by Member States’ ambassadors in COREPER, had been reached in trilogue on the modernisation of EU consumer law. The text of the […]
ePrivacy: Romanian Presidency moving forward
The Romanian Presidency of the Council is moving forward with the ePrivacy file. The Telecommunication working group (TELEWG) of the Council has met on the 12th and 14th of March to discuss the file. Now […]
Major steps forward in consumer law
Member states’ ambassadors meeting in the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee agreed today on the Council’s position on a draft directive which amends four existing EU directives protecting consumers’ interests. The draft directive covers a wide […]
FEDMA voices its concerns about e-Privacy draft regulation
FEDMA gave an interview to Privacy Laws & Business regarding the e-Privacy draft regulation. The Romanian presidency of the EU Council, which hopes to reach agreement on the e-Privacy file at Council within the next […]
Legitimate interest: the debate!
Personal data processed for direct marketing purposes relies mostly on “consent” (art. 6a) and “legitimate interest” (art. 6f). However, there is strong tendency in the market to suggest that consent is the only valid legal […]
GDPR: A tour of the self-regulation landscape
The GDPR provides for the adoption of codes of conduct (‘codes’) and the accreditation of certifications in order to help data controllers and data processors prove that they are in compliance with the GDPR and […]