iCompli heads to Cyprus to explain GDPR implications to marketers there. GDPR isn't just for the UK or even Europe - its impact is global for those doing business and using data from here.
We all know data is the ‘Life blood’ of data base marketing. So if your business is data, if subscribers are the life blood of your business, what does the new data protection regulation mean to you?
Clause 79 of the UK Digital Economy Bill introduces a requirement for a statutory direct marketing code of practice. It's current wording makes it an amendment to the Data Protection Act 1998, but it will clearly have implications for compliance with GDPR.
‘GDPR Primer’ is the first in a series of in-depth posts from compliance experts iCompli designed to help you successfully navigate your way around the new global data protection law! Yes, it is global.
EU Trade Mark (EUTM) reform - don't lose your protection
24th March 2016
On March 23rd, 2016 a new EU Regulation (EU/2015/2424) came in to force which could have significant impact on the validity of your EU Trade Marks (EUTM).
Most of us are simply sitting back, hoping that the storm will blow over and waiting for the powers that be to get their collective acts together and sort this all out.
