The sale of SIM cards on which services that can incur fees have been pre-loaded and pre-activated constitutes an aggressive unfair commercial practice when the consumers are not informed of that fact in advance

On September 13, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in Joined Cases C-54/17 Autorità Garante della Concorrenza Leggi tutto

Agcom diffida TIM dal non utilizzare i dati contenuti nel data base per la MNP per fini commerciali

Con delibera 118/18/Cir, l'Agcom ha diffidato TIM a  rispettare, ai sensi di quanto previsto dall’art. 41, comma 3, del Codice, il divieto Leggi tutto

Parliament adopted its revised negotiating position on copyright

Today, EU Parliament has adopted its revised negotiating position on copyright rules , adding safeguards to protect small firms and freedom of expression. Parliament’s Leggi tutto

New EU rules to thwart money laundering and terrorist financing

Today,  MEPs approved new measures to combat terrorist financing, by preventing money laundering and tightening cash flow checks, on Wednesday.  The Leggi tutto

Reform of the Italian Data Protection Code

On September 4, 2018, the Legislative Decree 101/2018 which emends the Italian Data Protection Code in order to comply with GDPR has been published on Leggi tutto

Mergers: Commission clears Apple's acquisition of Shazam

On September 6, 2018, the European Commission approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple. The Commission concluded Leggi tutto

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of sole control of Wind Tre by Hutchison, subject to conditions

On August 3, 2018, the European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation Hutchison's acquisition of sole control of Wind Tre, currently Leggi tutto

International data flows: Commission launches the adoption of its adequacy decision on Japan

On September 5, 2018, the EU Commission announced to publish its the draft adequacy decision and the related documents related to  the Leggi tutto

Big data - Interim report in the context of the joint inquiry on “Big data” launched by the AGCOM deliberation No. 217/17 / CONS

On September 5, 2018, the Italian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Agcom) issued its report in the context of the joint inquiry on “Big Leggi tutto

Copyright protection

According to Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in Case C-161/17, issued on 7 August 2018,  the posting on a website of Leggi tutto