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Edwin Djabatey

Edwin Djabatey is an associate in the London office. He advises on regulatory and compliance issues within, and at the intersection of, the firm’s financial services, technology, media, trade controls and white collar practices.

Reflecting an increasing trend in regulators looking beyond industry remits, Edwin acts on multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral regulatory compliance matters. For example, he has advised global technology companies on operational resilience requirements imposed by financial services regulators.

Edwin has assisted clients on compliance matters and internal investigations – for instance, in the white collar context, concerning issues such as bribery, corruption, anti-money laundering, and fraud, and in the financial services context, concerning culture, conduct, and whistleblowing. He provides clients in the pharmaceutical, technology and energy industries with UK and EU sanctions and export controls advice. He also has experience advising clients in the technology and media industries on regulatory matters.

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Digital contracts and subscriptions have significantly increased, with the subscription economy tripling since 2017, according to the European Commission’s Digital Fairness Act Fitness Check. However, the Fitness Check points out that the number of issues with digital subscriptions, such as difficult cancellations, automatic renewals without reminders, and unclear subscription terms, have also increased. The Commission proposes to tackle these issues in its proposed Digital Fairness Act (“DFA”), which recently entered its consultation phase (see our blog post here).

This post briefly highlights certain issues with digital subscriptions identified in the Fitness Check, outlines how these issues are currently regulated in the EU, and considers the Fitness Check’s proposals to address these issues. It is the fourth post in our series on the upcoming DFA – previous posts covered influencer marketing, AI chatbots in consumer interactions, and personalised advertising and pricing.Continue Reading Digital Fairness Act Series — Topic 4: Digital Subscriptions