As mentioned in our previous post, the European Commission has recently launched the “New Deal for Consumers”, a new package of initiatives aimed at strengthening consumer rights and harmonizing consumers laws across the European Union. This article is just the first piece of a puzzle of posts that we will publish on the main innovations …
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The latest ePrivacy revision proposal brings relevant changes to the draft regulation and new Governments are joining the Blockchain regulation rush.
The law decree providing for the Italian gambling advertising ban was adopted, but a number of questions opened up as to its scope and legality.
On 02 July 2018, with judgment no. 17278/2018, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) took an important stand on the notion of consent to personal data processing for marketing purposes. Let’s see what the case is about and what are the main points of Supreme Court decision.
Drones will be affected by a new European regulation setting burdensome obligations which could considerably impact their future development.
The FinTech revolution reached a turning point with the implementation of the European Payment Services Directive 2 in Italy.
Italian regulations on prize promotions can now rely on a broader exemption for light value campaigns that shall be definitely exploited.
Digital and online contracts might become much easier in Italy following the decision of the Court of Appeal of Naples in a case involving eBay.
Facebook fan page operations might lead to considerable privacy compliance issues for companies running them after a recent decision of the ECJ.
Prompted by the increasing interest for the use of cloud outsourcing solutions within the banking industry, the European Banking Authority (“EBA“) has recently issued the final recommendations on the use of cloud service providers by financial institutions (“Recommendations“), which will be applicable as of 1 July 2018.
Legislative Decree no. 63 of 11 May 2018 implementing the EU Directive no. 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure. Art. 1 Amendment to article 1 of the Legislative Decree no. …
On 11 April 2018, the European Commission proposed the so called “New Deal for Consumers” to strengthen EU consumer rights and enforcement.
Just a couple of days before the June 9th deadline set by the European Parliament and Council, on June 7th 2018, the Official Gazette formally published Italian Legislative Decree No. 63/2018 (the “Decree”), by means of which Italy implemented EU Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their …
The EU Privacy Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now applicable and becomes an obligation for whoever processes personal data of people located in Europe, regardless of where it is, but what do you need to know?
Everybody at some point in their life has photographed historic monuments, artistic and architectural works, buildings and, generally speaking, all works that have a cultural value. However, not everyone knows about the legal implications arising out of such activity or about the different rights that can be affected by it.
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