Businesses operating in Italy will no longer have to keep un updated "Documento Programmatico sulla Sicurezza - DPS" (security policy document).[Read More]
Posted by Gianluigi Marino on Sunday 29 Jan 2012
The collection of medical personal data relating to health conditions of patients in cloud databases is recently becoming more and more frequent, but relevant privacy issues are triggered.
[Read More] Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Sunday 29 Jan 2012
AAMS, the Italian gambling authority, has notified to the European Commission the draft decrees regulating betting exchange games and bets on virtual events.
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Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Sunday 29 Jan 2012
The draft decree on liberalization and consumer protection, discussed in these days by the Italian Governemnt, contains a provision (Art. 27) according to which the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) "does not have the power to assess the existence of patent or industrial protection" within the proceeding for the granting of a marketing authorization to a generic medicine.
[Read More]Posted by Gualtiero Dragotti on Monday 23 Jan 2012
The Sports Pages is a bulletin from the award-winning Sports Team at DLA Piper.
[Read More]Posted by Gianluigi Marino on Monday 23 Jan 2012
Technology and Sourcing News is the regular e-newsletter which rounds up breaking news and key developments in technology and sourcing globally.[Read More]
Posted by Gianluigi Marino on Monday 23 Jan 2012
According to recent press releases, it seems that the new Italian Ministry of Economic Development is going to "freeze" the so called beauty contest procedure aimed at granting new tv digital frequencies to broadcasting operators on a free basis.
[Read More]Posted by Matia Campo on Thursday 19 Jan 2012
Apple has been fined by the Italian Competition Authority € 900,000 bacause of its warranty terms and the lack of information provided to consumers on its contractual guarantee.
[Read More] Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Monday 02 Jan 2012
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.
[Read More] Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Monday 02 Jan 2012
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![Read More]
Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Monday 02 Jan 2012