According to the press the launch of slots led to an increase in online gaming spending in the Italian casino market of 80% with € 18.2 M compared to Febraury 2012 when it was only € 10.1 M.
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has run an inspection on 11 telephony and Internet service providers as to the term and modalities of retention of traffic data. As a general principle, personal data cannot be retained for longer than the term necessary for the purpose for which they have been collected.…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the video streaming of television broadcasts by a third party triggers a copyright breach, but what are the consequences on recent Italian case laws?
In a case involving TV Catchup a service allowing the live streaming of TV broadcasts on computers, smartphones or games consoles only by the people located…
WhatsApp, the instant messaging application, has been requested by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) to provide details on the processing of data concerning Italian users. Following the investigation by the Canadian and Dutch DPAs, the Italian authority requested the Californian company to clarify the types of data collected and used as part of…
As anticipated, Google's managers have been acquitted by the Italian Court of Appeal in the privacy-related dispute famous as Vividown. The reasoning of the decision has now been published and it is interesting to see that the court based its decision on the absence of any monitoring obligation on Google as to the videos published…
The Italian Supreme Court (the Corte di Cassazione) issued two interesting decisions on remote monitoring of employees' working activity which as already reported is subject to considerable restrictions under Italian employment and privacy law. The Court in the first case held that it was illegal the usage of a software monitoring the calls…
The Italian gambling authority, AAMS, has now approved regulations concerning bets on virtual events which because of their tax treatment might have a considerable impact on the Italian sportsbetting market.
According to the press, the Italian Administrative Court of Appeal (the "Consiglio di Stato") has rejected today B Plus appeal against the decision of the court of first instance to reject the request of suspension of AAMS' decision to refuse the renewal of B Plus' videolottery and AWP license.
Watch Alessandro's video on this interesting topic here
Read about the recent developments in the Spanish gambling market here