by Cyberbully Advocate | Jan 7, 2022 | Compliance, Digital Content, E-Commerce, Privacy, Social Media Policy
In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta, signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse, a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow...
by cyberraven | Oct 12, 2021 | Compliance, Contracts, European Union
As part of the new Fair Consumer Contracts Act, [Gesetz für Faire Verbraucherverträge; published in the Federal Gazette (Part I) no. 53/2021, p. 3433 et seq., full text publicly available (in German) Germany will soon require specific cancellation/termination...
by cyberraven | Jun 17, 2021 | Compliance, Contracts, European Union, Financial Institutions
With a judgment dated April 27 and published on June 4, 2021, the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof – the “Court”) declared unfair and therefore illegal and unenforceable a common way to make changes to terms and conditions (“T&Cs”) used vis-à-vis consumers...
