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Navigating the Open Insurance landscape: A legal perspective for 2023

/ / Data Protection, Fintech, IT & Sourcing

OPEN INSURANCE: A DEFINITION Open Insurance is a way for insurance companies and other players in the insurance sector to share personal and non-personal data, usually via standardized and interoperable APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) (EIOPA, 2021). They can then use that data to create new products and services and improve existing ones. Open Insurance data […]

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Milan Fashion Week and Fashion Law Trends: E-textile and Smart Clothing – How Your Clothes Can Improve Your Life

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Consumers, Data Protection, Fashion

As we already discovered during pandemic, technology has been an effective way out for fashion brands to advertise and sell products in a historical period that has limited the shopping physical experience. In fact, innovative technology within the fashion industry is more apparent than ever. From updating retail experiences, to wearable technology like smartwatches and

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Top 3 Legal Predictions on Privacy and Data Protection for 2020

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IT & Sourcing

by Giulia Zappaterra & Deborah Paracchini  2019 brought considerable changes in the data protection world. Some EU Member States finally integrated the rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 679/2016 (GDPR) with their national laws. At the same time, local data protection authorities started to fully apply – also issuing severe sanctions –

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Milan Fashion Week and Fashion Law Trends – Wearable and Smart Clothing: The Next Frontier of Fashion

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Consumers, Data Protection, Fashion, Internet of Things

As we already discovered in some of our previous articles on tech & fashion, innovative technology within the fashion industry is more apparent than ever. From updating retail experiences, to wearable technology like smartwatches, technology and innovation are continuously inspiring and influencing trends and fashions. In fact, as Marty McFly introduced smart clothing that could

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Milan Fashion Week and Fashion Law Trends – Can Artificial Intelligence create a style? The relationship between fashion and technology

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Consumers, Copyright, Data Protection, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IP

As we already discovered in some of our previous articles, from 3D avatars to wardrobe advisers, passing through CGI and Robot IT girls, artificial intelligence (“AI”) is shaping our outfits and looks.

Indeed, AI is transforming the fashion industry in every element of its value chain and marketplace. In last years, all retail giants are using AI to improve the efficiency of sales systems and processes and to enhance clients’ shopping experience, offering a personalized service tailored on their interests and preferences.

Most of the biggest fashion houses – from H&M to Tommy Hilfiger – are now investing in algorithms that suggest styles to their customers.

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FinTech: Who is responsible if AI makes mistakes when suggesting investments?

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Commercial, Consumers, Data Protection, Fintech, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IP, IT & Sourcing, Tech & Sourcing

The recently reported legal action brought for damages due to wrong investments resulting from algorithms-based automated decision-making processes is one of the first known cases of this type. The case has received some attention from the media worldwide and has contributed to reopen the debate on the issue of liability connected to the use of Artificial Intelligence systems (“AI”). The question at issue is, in brief: who is held liable for the damages caused by AI and who shall compensate such damages, if any.

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Top 3 privacy predictions for 2019

/ / Data Protection, General, Internet & E-commerce, IT & Sourcing

2018 brought us considerable changes in the data protection world. The EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 679/2016 (GDPR) finally became applicable, introducing in the privacy law context its expected innovative principles and rules. But as soon as the GDPR entered into force, the EU Member States began to think about the adequacy of their national legislation. As a consequence, most of EU countries decided to adopt a new local legislation in order to review, amend and, therefore, adequate their local laws to the newcomer GDPR.

But what will happen in the next 12 months? Here our personal predictions on privacy legal issues for 2019.

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The Italian competition authority fines Facebook EUR 10million for unfair commercial practices

/ / Consumers, Data Protection, General

With a decision published on December 7th 2018, following an investigation launched in April 2018, the Italian Competition Authority has fined Facebook Ireland Ltd., and its parent company Facebook Inc., for engaging in two unfair commercial practices in violation of the Italian Consumer Code.

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Artificial intelligence and fashion: between innovation and creativity

/ / Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Data Protection, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Internet & E-commerce, IP

At the beginning of the year, in our fashion predictions we put artificial intelligence (“AI”) at the top of the fashion agenda and ‒ yes, no magic sphere needed! ‒ we were actually right.

Technology has had a huge impact on the fashion industry and in the last year all the retail giants took an algorithmic approach to fashion. After Amazon’s Echo Look app which gives feedback or recommendations on your outfits and Zara’s interactive fitting rooms, with mirrors recognizing the clothes that you are wearing and suggesting others to match them based on style, color and mood, also Yoox explored the potential of AI.

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Italian Supreme Court grapples with Consent to Data Processing in a recent case

/ / Commercial, Consumers, Data Protection, General

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.

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