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4 December 2020

FEDMA Co-chair Chris Combemale spoke at the Westminster Forum – Part 1

GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act were implemented in May 2018 following more than six years discussions in the EU legislative processes and a further […]
4 December 2020

DPAs and stakeholders discuss legitimate interest at workshop

On Friday 27th November, FEDMA was selected and invited by the European Data Protection Board to discuss legitimate interest. The French, Belgium, Spanish and Luxembourg DPAs […]
19 November 2020

FEDMA team announcement

A message from  the FEDMA Co-Chairs Chris Combemale and Sachiko Scheuing. It is with great regret that FEDMA announces the departure of Mathilde Fiquet who has […]
5 November 2020

Legitimate interest and ePrivacy on FEDMA’s desk

2 November 2020

FEDMA is recruiting a communication and commercial manager

FEDMA is the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing and represents the interests of the data and marketing industry in Europe in Brussels.  It operates […]
22 October 2020

Self-regulation: FEDMA reelected to defend self-regulation

FEDMA continues to support self regulation in general and more particularly, co regulation for data protection. For example, FEDMA is committed to updated its Code of […]
22 October 2020

Joint Press release: Phasing-out of targeted advertising as suggested by the adopted JURI report on the digital services act sends a potentially fatal message for the ad-financed sectors

On behalf of EMMA (European Magazine Media Association), ENPA (the European Newspaper Association) EPC (European Publishers Council), FEDMA (Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing), EGTA […]
8 October 2020

FEDMA answers New Consumer Agenda consultation

FEDMA submitted its response to the consultation for the EU’s new ‘Consumer Agenda‘. One question touched upon the possibility to introduce an opt out system for […]
24 September 2020

FEDMA answered Commission public consultation on AI and Digital Services Act over the summer

The European Commission plans to publish a proposal on AI early 2021. This initiative should ensure that AI is safe, lawful and in line with EU […]
10 September 2020

Schrems II discussed in Parliament: where do we go from here?

At the Civil Liberties (LIBE Committee) in the European Parliament, stakeholders discussed Schrems II ruling. MEPs voiced concern over lack of legal certainty to outrage at […]
27 August 2020

European Parliament wants to weight in EU COVID recovery fund decision

13 August 2020

European Commission keeps an eye on US congress hearing of GAFA on competition