Several provisions of the Spanish gambling advertising ban have been invalidated through a decision of the Supreme Court that might have an echo effect in other European jurisdictions that adopted similar restrictions.
The Communications Authority (Agcom) fined a well-known social media for approximately 1.3 million euros for breach of the Italian gambling advertising ban.
The victory of Google in major case on the Italian gambling advertising ban might become a major milestone within the industry.
The CJEU issued a decision against the legislation of an EU Member State providing different regimes on the gambling advertising ban between gaming halls established in the country and those of foreign operators located abroad.
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Meta for lack of payment of VAT for data acquired in Italy from users when they sign up for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which the company uses for profit to run profiled advertising.
In a stunning turn of events, AgCom, the Italian Communications Authority, has levied a 750,000 euro fine against Meta for brazenly flouting the country's strict ban on gambling advertising.
The Irish Data Protection Commission has made waves with its recent decision to levy a staggering EUR 390 million GDPR fine against Meta for its practices in behavioural advertising, creating a precedent potentially impacting online behavioural advertising by any business, and changing the Internet as we know it.
Fines for breach of the Italian gambling advertising ban were issued against a YouTube video content creator and Google as it has been hosting the challenged videos.
AgCom issued a fine for violation of the Italian gambling advertising ban due to billboards promoting the opening of a VLT room, raising interesting points with respect to the definition of the sanction.
We give guidelines in this infographic on the rules regarding what to do and what not to do in Italy in advertising alcoholic beverages, which is a highly regulated sector.