2014 is just over and it is time to wish happy New Year and thank all the readers of GamingTechLaw for following with such interest the GamingTechLAW blog! ย But it is also time to check which have been the best articles of 2014.
Internet of Things regulators might have learnt an interesting lesson from Google's decision to shut down Google News in Spain as a consequence of the coming into force of new publishing law.ย
Device fingerprinting is replacing cookies for analytics and tracking purposes, but privacy regulators now held that their usage is subject to the privacy consent, unless exemptions apply.
Privacy rules aimed at facilitating the processing of biometric data have been just issued by the Italian data protection authority (the Garante)ย with the purpose of fostering technologies relying on their usage including Internet of Things technologies.
It is possible to collect location data relating to employees through smartphone Apps if used in order to optimize the usage of resources and improve their management, coordination and timing provided that this practice complies with the stringent obligations imposed by the Italian privacy authority.