Kathrine Mehlsen Søndergaard of DAHL

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A REVIEW OF THE DANISH RULES CONCERNING SPAM

In Denmark, certain rules must be observed, if a company wants to turn to customers by electronic means to promote or to sell products and services. Basically, the company must have the customers consent before the company can send out marketing. If there is no consent marketing through electronic means as text messages or e-mail … Continue Reading

A PRIVATE PARTY TOO BIG TO BE PRIVATE

The Danish court has recently decided that a party may be too large to be considered private, at least when it comes to the understanding of the wording “Public performance” in Danish copyright law. The court therefore ruled that the staff party held by Novo Nordisk should be considered as public in connection to the … Continue Reading

TELEPHONE COMPANY’S ADVERTISMENT ON BROADBAND SPEED WAS MISLEADING

The Danish Consumer ombudsman has recently found that the Danish telephone companies TDC, Telia and Telenor has been misleading the consumers in relation to the speed on broadband internet. The Consumer ombudsman has on that ground requested the companies to change their marketing regarding broadband. The Danish consumer ombudsman has raised five cases concerning misleading … Continue Reading

The Jungle of Advertisement on Social Media

Lately social media has drawn a lot of attention in relation to unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices. Most recently, the Danish consumer ombudsman has reported the media bureau MemeCph and the toothpaste producer Unilever for being responsible for hidden advertisement through a Danish pop singer on her Instagram-profile. Furthermore, the consumer ombudsman in 2015 published a guideline … Continue Reading
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