On 29 November, Bahrain enacted the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (the “MLETR”) by adopting the Electronic Transferable Records Law. Bahrain is the first State to enact the MLETR. The...
The Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Proposal to amend the Directive for the Protection of Consumer Rights
With his Opinion n. 8/2018 on the proposal to amend Directive 2011/83/EU, The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recognises the need to close the regulatory loopholes highlighted by the new business models based...
UNCITRAL working Group IV: Electronic Commerce 57th session, 19-23 November 2018, Vienna
The fifty-seventh session of the Working Group on electronic commerce of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna from the 29th to the 23rd...
Court of Rome approves “reputation rating” platforms
With sentence n. 5715/2018, last April (therefore, before the personal data protection legislation reform which came into force on 25th May) the Court of Rome revoked the Italian Data Protection Authority measure which...
Permanent census: the Data Protection Authority advises caution
From October 2018 Istat (the Italian National Institute of Statistics) will conduct its census of the Italian resident population on a yearly basis and no longer every ten years. In contrast with past censuses, the new...
Guidelines on Antitrust compliance published
The Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) has published its Guidelines on antitrust compliance to provide companies with guidance on the content of compliance programmes and the criteria used for assessment when awarding...
Notification of the Public Digital Identity System sent to the European Commission
Notification of the Public Digital Identity System (SPID – Sistema pubblico di identità digitale) was sent to the European Commission in early August. The process established by EU Regulation n. 910/2014 (eIDAS) for the...
Legislative decree integrating the GDPR approved
The Italian Council of Ministers has approved the legislative decree for harmonizing Italian Law with the rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th...
The European Data Protection Board has assessed the impact of the GDPR on cross-border cases
The European Data Protection Board has met to discuss the impact of the new provisions regarding the cooperation mechanism among Member States, specifically with regard to cross-border cases introduced by the GDPR...
Data protection in 2017: the Italian Data Protection Authority’s report
The Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA) has submitted its annual report on its 2017 activities. 2017 represents an important date for the Authority, since it is the 20th anniversary of its activity marked by the...
NEWS FLASH: the implementing Decree on Cybersecurity comes into force
Legislative Decree no. 65/2018, implementing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 on cybersecurity (the so-called “NIS Directive”), came into force on 24th June 2018. The decree sets out national measures aimed at achieving high...
10 Things you need to know about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation: 9) Supervisory Authority
The privacy regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) will shortly be directly applicable across Europe, which means that businesses, public administrations and private citizens will all be rushing to make sure they comply...
