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It expires today the deadline for the implementation of the so called EU Cookies Directive 2009/136/EC amending, among others, the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC setting out specific privacy-related regulations governing the electronic communications sector. The provision of the EU Cookies Directive that is leading to the most relevant discussions concerns the obligation to…
The Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) has recently published two regulations concerning (i) web-based linear audiovisual media services (such as WebTVs) and (ii) on-demand audiovisual media services broadcast on any electronic communication network. The most relevant change introduced by the regulations is that both services are now subject to a prior authorisation from the AGCOM…
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has now closed the proceeding against Google concerning the abuse of dominant position with reference to Google News, subsequently extended also to Google AdSense. The Italian Competition Authority has accepted the undertakings submitted by Google relating to: the setting up of a dedicated software…
A recent decision issued by the Italian Competition Authority (the AGCM) against an Italian telecom operator performing marketing communications without the prior consent of relative customers raised a relevant topic of discussion. Interestingly the conduct was not challenged because its lack of the compliance with privacy laws, but the AGCM is the Italian authority…
After the long awaited landmark Louis Vuitton v. Google decision , the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ ") has issued another interesting decision on the use keywords in search advertising systems (e.g. AdWords) that however reviews the issue on the advertisers' side. The ECJ held that a trademark holder can prohibit from advertising…
The Article 29 Working Party , the European Union data protection advisory body, issued an interesting opinion on online behavioral advertising , i.e. the tracking of users when they surf the Internet and the building of profiles over time, which are later used to provide them with advertising matching their interests . Rules…
As anticipated in a previous post, I have attended the conference “ Gioco online: è boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione ” (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation) where the Politecnico di Milano (one of the main Italian Universities) has presented the results of a very detailed study of the Italian…
The European Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision in a dispute between Google and Louis Vuitton concerning Google’s service AdWords. The dispute arised from a claim brought by Louis Vuitton before the French Court of Cassation as it found out in 2003 that: “the entry, by internet users, of terms constituting…
As a consequence of the next issuance of new gaming licenses by the Italian Gaming Authority, some foreign gaming operators asked me…, what are the benefits of an Italian gaming license? Well, the answer is…: without an Italian gaming license an operator cannot offer its games to Italian residents! Indeed, regardless of the fact…