

A 90% turnover growth of the online sportsbetting market in Italy together with the recent and upcoming changes in the Italian online gaming market are creating a quite friendly play-field for operators and suppliers removing the inefficiencies and issues of the last years.

Distributors of free Apps shall comply with stringent transparency obligations following an investigation from the Italian competition authority that challenged some of them as misleading.

A new gaming tax regime, less AWPs, but easier homologation for AWPs (to be replaced) and VLTs, full liberalization of sports betting, CTDs and new advertising regulations are among the provisions prescribed by the draft law of implementation of the so called 'delega fiscale' in Italy which will set a new framework of gaming laws.

Privacy compliance is becoming a tough hurdle in Italy for Google as after having its privacy information notice challenged it has now been requested to adopt a number of measures with an audit right by the Italian data protection authority on the status of their implementation.

Google link tax might be reproduced in Italy after the negative experience that led to the shutting down of Google News in Spain as a consequence of the approval of a similar law.

The recent report from the US Senator Ed Markey raises issues on the future of connected cars because of the privacy issues and the potential cybercrimes that might affect the security of vehicles. This happens when the recent regulatory developments show that privacy and cybersecurity is on the top of the agenda of car makers and US and EU regulators are negotiating common rules.

Yahoo! is a passive hosting provider obliged to remove copyright infringing material only following a detailed notice from the rights' holder and without any filtering obligation in relation to future potentially infringing videos.

For those that missed some of the posts of last month, here are the top 5 posts for January 2014.


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…