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  19/09/2024

  Niederlande

  Netherlands publishes survey on compliance with “Guidelines for Online Consumer Protection”

  In August 2024, the Dutch Consumer & Market Authority released a survey of webshops on adherence to the “Guidelines for Online Consumer Protection”. The study aimed to assess if webshops were complying with regulations to prevent online consumers from being misled. Key findings from the study are outlined below.Guidelines for Online Consumer ProtectionThe Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), responsible for consumer protection and market competition in the Netherlands, published the “Guidelines for Online Consumer Protection” in 2020. These guidelines...

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  10/09/2024

  International

  CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International Perspective

  We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments. The Annual Review summarises key developments in English construction law over the previous calendar year including developments in related common law jurisdictions. The publication has been prepared with our international clients in mind and aims to provide a greater degree of background and analysis than our regular Law-Now alert service.This year’s edition has a strong focus on exclusion and limitation clauses, with more than half of the...

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  29/08/2024

  EU

  European Commission’s call for evidence on the revision of the guidelines on State aid in the aviation sector

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  The European Commission has launched on 27 August a public consultation on State aid in the aviation sector. The consultation will run until 8 October 2024.The 2014 Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines provide for:the interpretation on the notion of State aid in regard to public interventions for airports and airlines;the compatibility conditions for investment aid to airports with up to 5 million passengers per year;the compatibility conditions for operating aid to airports with up to 3 million passengers per year;the compatibility conditions for start-up aid to airlines for new routes...

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  19/08/2024

  Niederlande

  Netherlands court dismisses mass damage claims in data protection case

  A recent ruling by the Amsterdam court provides insight to any party facing mass claims for GDPR breaches in the Netherlands. The case concerned a mass claim against various government bodies for the insufficient security of the personal data processed by municipal health services (GGDs). The court dismissed the damages claim on the grounds that it was insufficiently substantiated.Relevant factsThe IT systems used by the GGDs in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic contained serious security flaws. The sensitive personal data of millions of people were accessible to some 35,000 GGD employees for...

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  16/08/2024

  Europe

  CMS Data Protection Update EU and Germany, August 2024

  I.    The latest from the data protection authorities and current topics1.    AI Act: Legislative proceedings finalisedThe legislative proceedings for the AI Act have been completed and came into effect on 1 August 2024. The CMS homepage provides an overview: Looking ahead to the EU AI Act (cms.law). The data protection authorities have published the following notifications and are gearing up for their new duties: Statement 3/2024 of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on data protection authorities' role in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act...

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  15/08/2024

  Niederlande

  Netherlands lower court use of GenAI in a ruling sparks controversy

  A Dutch lower court judge's reliance on information from a generative AI tool in rendering a recent verdict has sparked heated debate on social media and raised critical questions about the reliability and fairness of AI-assisted judicial decisions. Both legal professionals and AI experts have expressed indignation at the idea of a judge using AI. Generative AI, however, cannot be ignored in either society or the legal sector. Still, the question remains: is a verdict based on GenAI unacceptable or could it become an innovative approach to court decisions if used correctly?GenAI and fair hearingIn...

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