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Here you can read some articles on Italian and international privacy, cybersecurity and data protection issues drafted by either Giulio Coraggio or the other authors of GamingTechLaw.

Aug 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity FinTech

The European Data Protection Board sets the rules of Fintech with its guidelines on the PSD2

The Fintech revolution relies on data flows enhanced by the PSD2, which requires certainty now aimed by the European Data Protection Board guidelines on the interplay between the PSD2 and the GDPR, which leave gray areas though.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jul 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Top 5 recommendations on how to deal with data transfers after Schrems II decision

Here are some top 5 recommendations on the management of personal data transfers after Schrems II decision to help companies during these chaotic days.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jul 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

BREAKING NEWS: Privacy Shield invalidated, but SCCs might not be enough for data transfers

The European Court of Justice held in the Schrems II case that the Privacy Shield is invalidated, but the possibility to rely on standard contractual clauses for data transfers needs to be assessed on a case by case basis.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jul 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Google convicted for late deindexing following a right to be forgotten request

Google has to pay damages for the late deindexing of pages following a user's request for the exercise of the right to be forgotten.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jul 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

EU Commission report on GDPR reveals some gaps and improvements to be achieved

The report of the EU Commission on the GDPR unveils a situation where Member States and data protection authorities still need to have a more consistent approach and exploit all the potentials of the EU privacy regulation.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jun 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Social media faces a privacy related fine for unlawful processing of data through cookies in Spain

The modalities of collection of individuals' consent and processing of personal data through cookies performed by a well-known social media was challenged by the Spanish authority that issued a privacy related fine against the company.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jun 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Taxi company fined for breach of privacy laws in video surveillance of vehicles in Finland

The video surveillance system adopted to monitor vehicles by a taxi company has been considered by the Finnish privacy authority to be in breach of the data protection law.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jun 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

The German federal court rules on the obligation to obtain privacy consent to the usage of cookies

After the position taken by the ECJ in the Planet49 case, the EDPB in its guidelines, also the German federal court held that privacy consent is necessary to the usage of cookies.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

May 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Cheating in Esports tournaments and legal arguments for discouraging bad players

Cheating activities in Esports can lead to the breach of tournaments' rules, but also to copyright infringement with strategies aimed at maximizing the issue of sanctions.

ByVincenzo Giuffré 0Comments

May 2020

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

#HappyBirthdayGDPR – It CANNOT be the year of the “whatever it takes”

On the birthday of the GDPR, we need to defend privacy rights against the strategy of companies, and authorities that want to challenge or waive them due to the Covid-19 outbreak, assuming to better protect the public interests.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments