The Italian Gambling Authority has published today the new regulations governing online bingo games .  No major surprises have been unveiled. For those that expected the adoption of…

The Italian Data Protection Authority has now introduced new relevant data protection obligations for banks. Indeed banks subject to Italian data protection law shall, among others,: 1. Communication of personal data within a group…

It expires today the deadline for the implementation of the so called EU Cookies Directive 2009/136/EC amending, among others, the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC setting out specific privacy-related regulations governing the…

The Article 29 Working Party (the "WP"), the EU privacy advisory board, has issued an interesting opinion on the data protection issues connected to the provision of geo-location services on…

The Italian Government has recently approved a decree amending some of relevant provisions of the Italian Privacy Code aimed at simplifying the privacy obligations for Italian businesses.…

The Italian Videolottery market is growing faster than initially expected. According to the data available on the press, 19,000 VLTs (out of the 57,000 that concessionaires can instal) have been…

The Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) has recently published two regulations concerning (i) web-based linear audiovisual media services (such as WebTVs) and (ii) on-demand audiovisual media services broadcast on any electronic…

After a never-ending waiting, the Italian casino games and cash poker games decree has been finally published on the Official Gazette and has now come into force. In…

The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision in relation to the rules of jurisdiction applicable to contractual relationships between consumers and websites based in other EU Member…

After the launch of the videolotteries (VLT) in the Italian gaming market, now it is time to see what happened in the last months. Here is the first information available: around…