Tag Archives: Europe

European Commission invites companies to join the Sustainable Consumption Pledge

To help all economic actors reach carbon neutrality by 2050, the European Commission calls for [...]

How to handle sales tax if you have customers in the United States

US sales tax is levied in almost all 50 states, but at different rates [...]

Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches its 2021-22 Blue Paper summarizing the Green Supply Chain in European e-commerce

Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches its 2021-22 blue paper summarizing the Green Supply Chain in European [...]

Change to online card payments happening in 2021

The 2007 Payment Services Directive was an initiative which aimed to establish a single [...]

Why Brexit should not discourage retailers’ international ambitions

Britain exited the European Union (EU) at the end of 2020 and UK retailers [...]

Belgian DPA taking down GDPR infringing websites

Belgian Data Protection Authority (“Belgian DPA”) signed a cooperation agreement with DNS Belgium, the [...]

The EDPB adopted a statement on the future ePrivacy Regulation

On November 19th, the EDPB met for its 42nd plenary session. During the plenary, [...]

How does PSD2 interplay with the GDPR?

Questions continue to arise over the interplay of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) [...]

Transferring personal data to the US? Everything you need to know to avoid legal risks

The Austrian Max Schrems has once again been succesful in one of the many [...]

Cross-Border Commerce Europe publishes the second edition of the “TOP 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: an annual ranking of the best 500 European cross-border online shops.

Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform that stimulates cross-border eCommerce in Europe, releases a major research [...]

Use your customer data to actually help your customers

Just as data about customers is becoming more and more valuable, customers are becoming [...]

How contextual targeting will replace cookies in the privacy age

Anyone who’s ever shopped on-line is aware of that manufacturers are inclined to retarget [...]

The future of identity: Digital marketing trends that go beyond 2020

Evolution is the only constant in the future of digital marketing. Over a year [...]

What information must be provided to users regarding cookies ?

On October 1, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued [...]

High GDPR fines: German Data Protection Authority joins the club

The Berlin Data Protection Authority (Berlin DPA) recently announced that it will issue a [...]

Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches the first edition of the “Top 20 Marketplaces Cross-Border Europe”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches the first edition of the “Top 20 Marketplaces Cross-Border Europe”. [...]

The impact of CBPR2 on the payment industry

On 19 March 2019, the European Parliament and Council adopted Regulation 2019/518 amending Regulation [...]

Europe’s GDPR has accomplished a lot in its infancy

At just a year old, the General Data Protection Regulation has already forced big [...]

How to handle US Sales Tax as a small and midsized business

If you’re making sales in the United States, listen up! There’s a new era [...]

Has GDPR improved brand experience? Most consumers aren’t convinced

With the first anniversary of GDPR coming into force just days away, most consumers [...]

One year on: How has GDPR changed the customer data landscape?

It’s a year since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. How [...]

New EU rules greatly restrict the ability of businesses to use geoblocking techniques

Geo-blocking is no longer a laissez-faire matter in the European Union. From December 2018, [...]

Treat consumers’ data with respect, and deliver value in exchange for it

Recently, people have been learning in painful detail what digital platforms, application developers, analytics [...]

Could LinkedIn become the top outbound channel for B2B sales development?

The impact of GDPR could help LinkedIn to become the top outbound channel for [...]

The PSD2-GDPR balancing act

September approaches, of course (as it always does) – but this time, with a [...]

Top 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches the first edition of the “Top 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: [...]

The status of the GDPR as the one-year mark gets closer

In honor of Data Privacy Day (Data Protection Day in Europe), the European Commission [...]

Consumers more confident in how brands handle their data post-GDPR

Two in five consumers (41%) say they are more comfortable and confident that brands [...]

New European rules to improve fairness of online platforms’ trading practices

On February 13, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the [...]

GDPR offers a challenge in designing better customer experiences to garner data

According to Chiefmartec, there are currently nearly 7,000 marketing technology platforms, a 100 percent increase [...]

GDPR & PSD2: Squaring the circle

GDPR and PSD2 are two legal initialisms that have both generated a great deal [...]

Germany’s first GDPR fine offers lesson for companies planning a data breach policy

In November 2018, Germany’s first fine under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was [...]

Seven months post GDPR: What about fines?

Since the GDPR came into force in May 2018, all European data protection authorities [...]

Why and how GDPR applies to people globally

Privacy and data protection are fundamental rights. When respected they help improve trust and [...]

New regulation removing unjustified geoblocking inside EU comes into force

A new regulation proposed by the European Commission, which removes unjustified geo-blocking in the [...]

The free flow of non-personal data

Earlier last month MEPs voted to support the final text on the free flow [...]

Updated rules for .eu top-level domain: Council agrees its stance

The EU is revising its rules on the governance of the .eu top-level domain, [...]

Dutch Data Protection Authority publishes information about the rules on direct marketing

On 4 October 2018, the Dutch Data Protection Authority published extensive information about the [...]

Cookie consent is the new panic

Judging by the number of calls and the intensity of the discussions about how [...]

Why regulation presents an opportunity in the digital payments revolution

This year has been a hotly anticipated revolution for digital payments, with both the [...]

China UnionPay to enter European market

The world’s largest payment card issuer, China UnionPay, is reportedly planning to enter the [...]

New Belgian privacy legislation published

Recently, and in addition to the new Belgian privacy law, the law establishing the Information [...]

EU starts preliminary probe into Amazon’s treatment of merchants

European Union antitrust authorities have begun a preliminary investigation into Amazon.comInc.’s AMZN +1.11%treatment of [...]

Internet Attorney on GDPR compliance for ecommerce

The General Data Protection Regulation from the European Union takes effect on May 25. The [...]

How GDPR kills the innovation economy

It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. The seven key principles of GDPR It’s somehow fitting [...]

GDPR, ad fraud, and data privacy

On 25 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, replacing [...]

eIDAS for SMEs

eIDAS stands for electronic Identification ( eID), Authentication and Trust Services. The eIDAS Regulation established [...]

What loyalty programs look like in a post-GDPR world

In exchange for occasional perks such as discounts, exclusive brand access or advanced notice [...]

New platform to stimulate cross-border eCommerce in Europe: Cross-Border Commerce Europe

  Brussels, 29th August 2018. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the new network and knowledge platform, aims [...]

Microsoft’s commitment to GDPR, privacy and putting customers in control of their own data

On Friday, May 25, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation — better known [...]

New Google Analytics settings reflect GDPR requirements

The E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation becomes effective on May 25. Google and other data [...]

7 Steps to a GDPR friendly ecommerce website

Here are some GDPR compliance steps that you should consider in the near-term and long-term. [...]

The explosive growth of cross border ecommerce

While domestic online sales in the United States and the European Union will continue to [...]

Most EU businesses ignore cross border ecommerce opportunities

PPRO Group reveals only 7% of enterprises are successfully selling to other EU markets online. [...]

EU takes first step in passing controversial copyright law that could “censor the Internet”

The legislation passed an initial vote, but it will need parliamentary approval before becoming [...]

Google issues updated GDPR guidance to publishers on how to gain consent from users

Google has updated its cookie guidance resource, CookieChoices, to include new tips and suggestions [...]

What Europe’s GDPR privacy law means for e-retail marketers

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, will force online retailers and technology companies [...]