As part of the European Online Gaming conference, I will give a presentation in London on Monday 2 February 2015 named "Digital currency: Safe or Risky for Players and Regulators?" where I will mainly discuss about the legal issues for gambling operators, regulators and players in relation to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
The presentation will touch…
The Internet of Things will make the Internet disappear according to Eric Schmidt of Google. The Internet will become part of any object around us collecting personal data in a seemless manner which might lead to privacy issues that regulators shall properly address.
The decision of the European Court of Justice in the Stanleybet case might affect the future of the Italian sportsbetting market during a period when CTDs are still on time to "cure" their status.
I am glad to inform you that on the 28th of January 2015 I will be attending as a speaker the workshop arranged by the Internet of Things observatory of the University of Milan on "Smart Home: product innovation and consumer services".
The title of my presentation will be "Platform interoperability is a right? Which privacy…
The additional gaming fee on video lottery and AWP licensees in Italy has now come into force and has been also allocated among licensees with surprises among operators.
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.
TripAdvisor has been sanctioned by the Italian competition authority (AGCM) for the misleading advertising claims relating to the truthfulness of the reviews published by their users on the site that according to the AGCM cannot be guaranteed. This case might trigger considerable risks also for other social media and fashion blogs.
The possibility for betting shops run under a foreign gambling license (the CTDs) to be authorised to operate in Italy through a procedure set out by a recent law might open a new page in the sports betting sector. But the number of shops that will decide to adhere to such procedure is still a question mark.
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.