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28 Jan

Posted at 16:15h in privacy by
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"Documento Programmatico sulla Sicurezza" not required anymore! The Italian Government has approved the law decree aimed at simplifying a number of regulatory obligations including privacy obligations. As part of a broad package of regulations that are intended to reduce bureaucratic obligations for companies, governmental authorities and consumers the Italian Government has also removed the obligation to draft the so called "Documento Programmatico sulla Sicurezza" i.e. a Privacy Security Document listing the privacy measures adopted by companies processing sensitive data through electronic means. This represented a very burdensome obligation for companies given to the level of detail required and therefore this is a very good news for companies. However, entities active in the Italian market should not underestimate privacy-related obligations because of this...

17 Jan

Posted at 10:58h in aams, betting exchange, gaming, virtual events by
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AAMS, the Italian gambling authority, has notified to the European Commission the draft decrees regulating betting exchange games and bets on virtual events. These decrees have been long awaited from the approval of the so called Abruzzo Decree in 2009 that set out the tax regime applicable to both games which will be 20% of the gross profits with the peculiarity that, according to the current bill, in relation to betting exchange games the operator will be entitled to collect a commission not exceeding 10% which will be the tax basis. Also another peculiarity of betting exchange regulations (that on the contrary will not be required for virtual events games according to the current draft) relates to the certification of the...

26 Dec

Posted at 12:18h in intellectual property, Internet, Italy, liability ISP by
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The Court of Rome on a case between Google and the Italian TV company, RTI, has issued an interesting decision on liability of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) whose beneficial effects might be considerably affected by the upcoming regulatory developments.RTI had requested the court of Rome to prevent Google from publishing on its blogging platform, Blogger, the images of football matches broadcasted by RTI (through the affiliate company Mediaset) which would have obliged Google to monitor any video published in the future on Blogger in order to prevent a potential breach. However, the Court of Rome held that in case of prompt removal of illegal material following a detailed notification Google could not be deemed liable for contents published by its users and rejected the request to order Google to prevent the future...

18 Dec

Posted at 11:16h in privacy by
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The privacy-related issues in securitizations have always been a relevant issue. Indeed, Italian law provided that also the data of companies fell under the scope of data protection regulations with the consequential need to comply with privacy policy notifications towards thousands of creditors whose contract has been assigned as part of the secrutizations for instance. But things have now changed!The Italian Data Protection Authority allowed companies to notify the transfer of agreements to assigned creditors through the publication of the privacy policy on the Italian Official Gazette, but this is not necessary anymore. Indeed, as part of the Law Decree 6 December 2011 No. 201, the data of legal persons (i.e. companies and associations) are not deemed to be anymore personal data...

10 Dec

Posted at 19:45h in gaming by
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With more than 2 years of delay the coming into force of regulations allowing betting operators to offer events different from those set forth in the official AAMS schedule (the so called "palinsesto") and on virtual events seems to be closer.Indeed, the peculiarity of Italian sportsbetting regulations is that operators can offer only the events and the types of bets listed in the official AAMS schedule that also validates the relative results. As a consequence of that the competition between operators is limited only to the applicable odds, but the new regulations will allow more flexibility to operators that will be able to offer their own events different from those of competitors which might make the sector more interesting. Likewise, the...

16 Nov

Posted at 20:19h in conference by
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Dear All, I have been invited to Casino Enterprise Management to discuss tomorrow 17 December at 4 pm CET/7 am PST/9 am CST about the recent developments in the European online gaming market. If you want to join us and address questions to me or join the discuss just connect to the website. I hope you'll enjoy it!Best,Giulio...

13 Nov

Posted at 15:58h in e-commerce, Internet by
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I will chair the session on Social Media at next INTA European Conference on Trademarks and the Internet in Dublin on December 8, 2011 and I would like to know what are the most relevant issues - in your opinion - linked to the exploitation of social media and how they will change in the future with the launch of new technologies. Privacy, IP rights breach, liability of ISPs, what is the first issue on your list?Please email me, Giulio Coraggio and thanks for your help!Giulio...

10 Nov

Posted at 20:45h in e-commerce, Internet, Italy by
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A very interesting conference at the University of Milan on “eCommerce B2c in Italy” unveiled today  quite  unexpected surprises that come a few days after the approval of the new EU Directive on Consumers Rights which will better protect eCommerce buyers.An increase of 20% in the turnover of the e-commerce sector has occurred in 2011 in Italy compared to 2010 with € 8 bn of turnover that is coupled with +17% occurred in 2010 which shows that - despite of the Italian financial crisis and even if other markets have an aggregate turnover considerably higher - during the next years the Italian market will increase its volumes at a much quicker pace than most of the Western countries.The reason of this...

09 Nov

Posted at 21:08h in anti money laundering, gaming by
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Anti money laundering obligations for online gaming operators are usually underestimated by operators. Entities applying for an Italian remote gaming license sometimes ignore that, despite the establishment of their company abroad, they have to comply with the very stringent Italian anti-money laundering regime.Indeed Law 231/2007 implementing in Italy the EU Directive 2005/60EC provides specific privisions for both online and land-based gaming operators listing the types of data to be collected and the term for which they have to be collected. Also, such data have to be stored in an archive that shall comply with burdensome technical standards. This is coupled with a quite complex web system of notification to the Bank of Italy (to the so called UIF) of suspecious conducts...