This month I had the pleasure to interview for my law firm's fashion law magazine Law à la Mode, Davide Viganò, the CEO of Heapsylon, the creators of the wearable technology Sensoria Fitness that might change the Internet of Things sector! Davide is a very interesting person and is Italian (which is even better!) living in Seattle, I hope you will enjoy the interview.
The news about the indictment of Charlie Shrem, the former vice president of Bitcoin Foundation, and Robert Faiella in the US because of their potential involvement in the laundering of more than $ 1 million bitcoin on the website Silk Road to purchase illegal drugs raised new concerns about the legality of Bitcoin currency.
The Observatory on Online Gaming of the University of Milan ran an event of presentation of a report on the status of the Italian online gaming market in 2013 which disclosed interesting information with casino games in Italy likely to reverse the current decline of the sector.
A draft document on new data protection model clauses for transfers of personal data from European Union data processors to non-EU sub-processors has been approved by the Article 29 Working Party setting an important milestone on data protection issues for projects triggering the transfer of personal data outside Europe making life easier for outsourcing agreements and cloud projects.
The UK Gambling Commission published an updated version of its FAQs, providing updated guidance to the industry in relation to a variety of questions that both we, and the industry generally, have been asking. One key aspect that is addressed is the Commission’s requirements in relation to "grey markets" to be met in order to apply for a UK gambling licence.
The Internet of Things will generate 9 billion devices by 2018 according to estimates, but the recent hacker attack that caused a fridge to send over 750,000 spam and phishing messages over the Christmas break create concerns as to the potential data protection issues deriving from the usage of such technologies.
Italian gaming law banning terminals (the so called "totem") located in public places connecting to online gaming platforms and prescribing criminal sanctions has been stressed by the Italian regulator in a strong move against them.
As part of a concerted effort to assess the effectiveness of existing methods of music licensing, the US Copyright Office has published a request in the Federal Register for public comment on a number of copyright issues.
Spanish authorities notified the draft decrees regulating the offering of online slots and exchange betting to the European Commission setting a milestone towards the launch of such games in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Directive 98/34/EU.
Google has been sanctioned with a € 1 million fine by the Italian Data Protection Authority for data protection issues relating to the recording of images necessary for Google Maps Street View service by their cars.
