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.
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
Here you can read some articles on Italian and international privacy, cybersecurity and data protection issues drafted by either Giulio Coraggio or the other authors of GamingTechLaw.
For those of you who have not been able to attend the Webinar on social media, I have posted here my presentation. Also, if you have questions or comments on the covered topics or want to receive the recording of the presentation, feel free to contact me, Giulio Coraggio (giulio.coraggio@gmail.com) and as usual follow me on my Facebook page, Twitter, Google+ and become one of my friends on LinkedIn.
Adding 450 million monthly users to 1.3 bn monthly users costs $19 bn according to Facebook, but also means that the buyer will be able to know about (and benefit from) much more information on its users to be potentially used for advertising purposes. This is what advertisers might be thinking about, but this might be also the concern of the Canadian, the Dutch and the Italian data protection authority that investigated on WhatsApp in 2013.
