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The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") recently published an Addendum to the Consumer Protection Code 2012 (the "Addendum") to (the "CPC")...

Across the world the shifts towards online shopping and digital financial services has seen the rapid growth of the ‘buy now, pay later' sector.

CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE / INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK.

Increasingly, there is a focus on culture and individual accountability in regulated firms. This has been heightened by various consumer protection issues

On 11 April 2018 the European Commission published two directive proposals as part of the Commission's ‘New Deal for Consumers' ("New Deal").

The draft text of a new EU Data Protection Regulation was approved by the European Parliament in March 2014.

The EU's new Product Liability Directive is set to transform consumer protection and business liability across Ireland by December 2026. This final article in a three-part series examines how the modernized...

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The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2022 (the "Act") was signed into law by the President in April 2022 and commenced on 16 May.

On 13 December 2021, the European Union (Crowdfunding) Regulations 2021 ("Regulations") were transposed into Irish law and gave effect to the EU Regulation 2020/1503 ("Crowdfunding Regulation") which came into force on 10 November 2021.

The Irish Government has unveiled its Summer 2026 Legislation Programme, introducing critical bills that will reshape the technology sector's regulatory landscape.

The Minister for Finance published the Report arising from the year-long Retail Banking Review yesterday, 29 November 2022, following its consideration at Cabinet.

The Representative Action Directive (EU 2020/1828) (Directive) will alter Ireland's litigation landscape. Currently, Ireland does not have a procedural mechanism for compensatory collective actions for consumer redress.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published its Annual Report for 2018, its fourth such report since it was established in October 2014.

On 3 December 2018, the Geo-blocking Regulation came into force across the EU. This Regulation is designed to prevent unjustified geo-blocking and other forms ...

The Central Bank published its Discussion Paper: Consumer Protection Code Review yesterday, kicking-off a three-stage process which will culminate in a new retail conduct framework by the end of 2024...

Following the European Commission's ‘Digital Fairness Fitness Check' ("Fitness Check"), the European Commission intends to propose a Digital Fairness Act ("DFA")...