Gianna Hendriks
Associate, Lawyer, The Netherlands
Gianna is an associate in Osborne Clarke's Technology, Media & Communications team in Amsterdam.
She advises on a broad range of information law related matters, focusing on digital regulation, consumer, advertising and marketing law. Her previous in-house experience includes working in Google's consumer legal team.
Before joining Osborne Clarke in 2021, Gianna used to work at a big four firm where she advised clients across different industries on privacy, data protection, cyber security and digital ethics.
Gianna graduated in 2018 from the Institute for Information Law (University of Amsterdam). During her masters, she was a legal advisor at Clinic, where she advised consumers and SMEs pro bono in the field of information law. After her masters, she remained active for a while as the chair of Clinic's supervisory board.
Gianna is a member of the Dutch Association for Information Technology & Law (NVvIR) and Association for Advertising Law (VvRr).
Insights
Mobility and Infrastructure
'Sustainable delivery' is misleading according to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets
The consumer protection authority is targeting parcel services' misleading sustainability claims.
07/10/2024
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2m
Regulatory and compliance
District Court of Amsterdam declares green claims of KLM misleading and unlawful
First Dutch greenwashing case brought in a class action on the legality of advertising statements
22/03/2024
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4m
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
Greenwashing: EU's latest legislative initiative steps up scrutiny of 'green' claims
New rules will focus on avoiding misleading ads and information about a business's environmental credentials and goals
25/10/2023
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4m
Intellectual property
Update of the Dutch Media Act: strengthened monitoring of 'popular' influencers
Watchdog with teeth starts with supervision on influencers, but focuses on education of influencers first. As if it was not...
25/05/2022
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4m
Tech, Media and Comms
Dutch consumer watchdog clamps down on ‘influencers’ buying fake likes and followers
Enforcement activity highlights the need to vet influencers before the roll-out of marketing campaigns
28/03/2022
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2m
