Google has been sanctioned with a € 1 million fine by the Italian Data Protection Authority for data protection issues relating to the recording of images necessary for Google Maps Street View service by their cars.
A major question when it comes to the GDPR the scope of applicable privacy fines, how to calculate them, and how to mitigate risks.
A € 11 million privacy fine was issued by the Italian data protection authority against 5 companies involved in the money transfer business.
The Italian privacy authority is launching an investigation on the compliance of online gaming operators with data protection laws that shall immediately get ready.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolution for the business of companies with massive potentials, but such change reveals legal risks never experienced by many of them.
A data protection impact assessment represents an obligation under the EU Privacy Regulation in case of high-risk data processing activities, but how and when shall it be done?
Privacy breaches and potential liabilities might increase as a consequence of the usage of drones that represent a massive resource in a number of different sectors, but might also trigger some "new" unexpected legal risks.
2014 is just over and it is time to wish happy New Year and thank all the readers of GamingTechLaw for following with such interest the GamingTechLAW blog! But it is also time to check which have been the best articles of 2014.
As previously mentioned, I attended this week the Web Summit in Dublin focusing in particular to the section dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) from which I was able to gain very interesting insights on legal issues affecting the Internet of Things.
Data protection issues for Google in Italy are not over. The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has now challenged their privacy information notice requiring - among others - an express consent from users to their profiling for marketing purposes leading to issues that might impact any business based on the processing of BIG DATA such as the Internet of Things and in general on behavioural advertising.