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ODDA Receives Response to Concerns Over New Subscription Contract Regime Last month, ODDA joined several other trade bodies and business associations in writing to Ministers to express disappointment at the Government’s decision to press ahead with the new subscription contracts… Read more Written by Ashleigh Bishop
28th May 2026

Protecting Your Platform: Navigating Debanking Risk in Online Dating Debanking is becoming an increasingly urgent issue for online dating and discovery platforms. Despite being a mature, high-growth sector with millions of users worldwide, many platforms are still being categorised… Read more Written by Ashleigh Bishop
11th May 2026

Toro Solutions – Responding to a breach: what organisations usually get wrong For the ODDA by Toro Solutions For most organisations, a data breach is still treated as an exceptional event. Something serious, but unlikely. However, the reality is that any business… Read more Written by Ashleigh Bishop
17th March 2026

ODDA Writes To FCA, Chancellor and Small Business Commissioner To Highlight Impact of Debanking on Dating Sector Our members face increasing difficulties in accessing banking services here in the UK. With a major High Street Bank recently announcing that it will no longer accept online dating firms… Read more Written by Ashleigh Bishop
10th February 2026

ODDA Responds to European Commission’s First Review of the Digital Markets Act The Digital Markets Act is a major piece of legislation that seeks to create a fairer and more contestable digital market by regulating large online platforms. With a growing membership… Read more Written by Ann Austin
24th September 2025

Strategic Market Status Investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems The ODDA recently wrote to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in response to their Invitation to Comment (ItC) on the investigation into the ecosystems of Apple and Google. The… Read more Written by Ann Austin
17th February 2025

ODDA response to Ofcom consultation on priorities for 2025/26 The ODDA has submitted its response to Ofcom’s ‘Plan of Work’ for 2025/6. The plan sets out four priorities for the year ahead, one of which is in relation to… Read more Written by Ann Austin
29th January 2025

Webinar: Compliance for Dating Companies with the OSA in 2025 28 January 2025 | 4:00pm GMT | Online | Book your place here 2025 is going to be an incredibly important one for online services operating in the UK with… Read more Written by Ann Austin
16th January 2025

Webinar: Department for Business and Trade Webinar on Subscriptions under the DMCCA 22 January 2025 | 2:00pm to 3:00pm GMT | Online | Book your place here The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) 2024 is one of the most significant… Read more Written by Ann Austin
9th January 2025

Age Assurance: Preventing Children Accessing Age-Inappropriate Content The Online Safety Act (OSA) is one of the most ambitious and comprehensive pieces of legislation passed by the UK Parliament in recent years. With Ofcom expected to publish its… Read more Written by Simon Newman
5th December 2024

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