Facebook is not free anymore (and has never been) Half victory of #Facebook in Italy on the #privacy side: the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR) partially voided the Antitrust Authority’s decision which sanctioned the company for a total of 10 million euros. > The Court has confirmed the 5 million sanction for unfair commercial practices regarding the false […]
The implementing Law and the interplay with GDPR by Christiana Markou Another EU country has adopted a GDPR implementation law: the Law on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data, Law 125(I)/2018 ( “the Law”) was published in the Official Gazette of […]
New procedure, new burdens and obligations With the decision no. 157 of July 30, 2019, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has introduced a new official model containing the minimum information required to perform a notification of a personal data breach pursuant to art. 33 of the GDPR. In the past, the Garante had already […]
Cookies are a tricky topic for web professionals. Essential to the sites that use them, annoying to the consumers who agree to them, and misunderstood by plenty of people on both sides. The GDPR has indirectly imposed higher standards for cookie usage – in particular what constitutes valid consent and transparency. The Court of Justice […]
Facial Recognition under GDPR For the first time the Swedish Data Protection Authority, Datainspektionen, has issued a fine for violation of the rules introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, towards a school that implemented a facial recognition system to monitor students’ attendance in class. The GDPR, which was transposed into national legislation by […]
Have you ever been wondering how to do LinkedIn communication right and build your own brand as a legal professional? You don’t need to be a qualified lawyer to prove your expertise! (well…you need the expertise however) It’s a question I got asked all the time and so….here you go folks! That’s my brand new […]
On July 1, 2019, the set of specific European rules for Unnamed Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, came into force. These rules set out the general principles for ensuring safety, protecting privacy and safeguarding the environment. Let’s see what are the main changes for manufacturers and users. 1. Why a new regulation? […]
An overview on the status of the upcoming ePrivacy Regulation which will complement the GDPR and introduce new rules on cookies, IoT and M2M communications.
When science fiction and privacy come together As you may have seen, scientists have finally been able to capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. This basically means that there is a point where time and space collapse and it confirms the relativity theory by Einstein. Time travel could not be just science fiction […]
🎬Blockchain legal predictions In this video together with my colleague Elisa Rosati we analyze the Blockchain legal and business challenges for 2019. This year will be crucial for the DLT since the technology is ready to overcome the risks linked to the fluctuation of the cryptocurrencies and to prove its compatibility with the new standards […]