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【News】2025 Direct Selling Legal International Symposium Successfully Concluded
【News】2025 Direct Selling Legal International Symposium Successfully Concluded
The association, jointly led by our firm's partner Attorney Charlotte Wu as Chairperson of the Taiwan Direct Selling Law Association and Senior Counsel Attorney Dan Yang as Secretary-General, successfully held the "2025 International Direct Selling Law Symposium" at the National Taiwan University Hospital International Convention Center on November 14, 2025. This symposium focused on two key themes for the direct selling industry: "Electronic Participation Contracts" and "Legal Compliance in Food Product Advertising," highlighting our firm's commitment and expertise in leading forward-looking legal research for the industry in the digital economy era.
Partner Lawyer Charlotte Wu of this firm, in her capacity as Chairperson of the Taiwan Direct Selling Law Association, delivered the opening speech at the symposium. She emphasized that in the face of a rapidly changing regulatory environment, the direct selling industry must strengthen the legality of digital contracts, implement personal data protection, and strictly adhere to advertising compliance boundaries to ensure sustainable development.
Senior Partner Attorney Dan Yang of this firm delivered a presentation on "Personal Data Protection Regulations and Compliance Challenges and Strategies for Multi-level Marketing Businesses" at the meeting. Attorney Yang pointed out that the personal data protection challenges for direct selling enterprises stem from the ambiguous role of distributors between "entrusted party" and "independent non-governmental entity," making it difficult to implement security measures at the grassroots level of the organization. He argued that direct selling businesses should assume active governance responsibilities and, through a three-layer strategy of "contracts, technology, and education," effectively extend personal data protection obligations to the grassroots level of the organization to fill structural compliance gaps.
This symposium brought together numerous legal and government experts from the industry to jointly discuss key issues. Regarding electronic contracts and food advertising, legal experts such as Lawyer Hao-wei Tseng and Lawyer Tian-tsai Lin delivered professional and in-depth reports on "The Regulatory Evolution of Electronic Participation Contracts in Multi-Level Marketing" and "An Analysis of Penalty Issues in Multi-Level Marketing Food Advertising." The symposium specially invited representatives from the Food and Drug Administration, including Technical Specialist Xiao-cheng Chen and Section Chief Chien-lung Huang, to provide official interpretations and the latest case studies on food advertising regulations, thereby fostering industry-government dialogue.
Zhong Yin Law Firm is deeply honored by the resounding success of this symposium. Our firm remains steadfast in its commitment to delivering the most forward-thinking and practical legal services and solutions to the direct selling industry, assisting enterprises in achieving robust compliance and innovative development within a highly regulated environment.