The seizure of some so-called LAN gaming halls dedicated to esports in Italy by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) puts an entire market at risk because of a misinterpretation of the current legislation that does not take into account the peculiarities of a sector that is new.
We share some takeaways on data transfers outside the EEA gathered with my Irish colleague at DLA Piper, John Magee, at the Privacy Symposium.
An agreement "in principle" on a new Privacy Shield regulating data transfers between the EEA and the United States might not change much for businesses.
The data protection authority issued a € 20 million privacy fine in Italy against Clearview AI for unlawful processing of data of local individuals.
The reform of the legal regime relating to the Italian gambling market is expected to be adopted in the coming months.
The report of DLA Piper on GDPR fines and data breach notifications shows that Italy was still among the countries with the highest fines in 2021.
In a proceeding on the right to be forgotten, the Supreme Court in Italy cancelled the measures imposed by the Italian privacy authority, the Garante, against the Yahoo search engine through which it was ordered the deletion and removal of URLs on news events related to an individual.
Affiliates will need to implement considerable changes to adapt their offering to the significant limits set by the Italian gambling advertising ban guidelines.
The Italian privacy authority has published the plan of inspections for the first half of 2022, which indicates the areas where their dawn raids will be concentrated.
Market data for 2021 show that the Italian online gambling and betting market achieved considerable growth during the last year, thanks to the pandemic.
