European Court of Justice ruled that the administrator of the Facebook page is, together with Facebook, a joint controller in respect of the processing of personal data.
read moreOne cannot simply test employees on drugs and alcohol use, not even with the consent of the employee in question.
read moreIn many franchise and distribution contracts which were concluded a long time ago almost nothing has been laid down regarding the use of customer data. Nevertheless, there are various reasons to make good and clear arrangements on this, here, in the year 2019.
read moreThe bill for the WAB has been adopted by Parliament on 5 February last. Although the plans for a longer trial period did not make it, as to the rest the bill has been upheld for the largest part. If the Senate also agrees to the bill, then the WAB will enter into force on 1 January 2020.
read moreLate March, the European Parliament adopted the draft of the European Copyright Directive. The draft …
read moreOn 12 December 2018, the Rutte III government presented a Bill for a franchising Act to the industry for the purposes of consultation. So far, there was no specific franchising act …
read moreIn our newsletter of April 2017, the Bill for review of the Dutch Medicines Act (DMA) by reason of technical improvements and increase of the fine maximum was already discussed. The final Act was published on 15 November 2018 and entered into force on 1 January 2019.
read moreOn 1 February 2019, the so-called pharmacist exemption in the Dutch Patent Act 1995 (DPA) has become effective.
read moreSuppliers and buyers constantly make agreements on purchase, sale and resale of products and services, within the context inter alia of distribution, dealer and franchise agreements. The Autoriteit Consument en Markt (Authority Consumers and Market – ACM) will supervize whether these agreements are not disadvantageous to competition and consumers. In that case, the agreements are prohibited.
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