With the vote in Coreper on 2 February, 2024 EU Member States formally and definitively approved the text of the AI ACT which had been agreed by the Trilogue on 6 December […]
Fair share: what stage is the legislative proposal on the Internet tax?
Fair share has not attracted the consensus that was expected The “fair share” debate is certainly the telecommunications’ hype of 2023, both at European and national level. This subject has become an […]
Ireland to weaken GDPR enforcement in all EU
Ireland wants to gag those who raise EU privacy cases before its own national regulator, the DPC (Data Protection Commission). It might seem like a local judicial dispute, but instead it is […]
Maximum number of taxi licenses are in principle outlaw under EU legislation
National rules imposing a maximum number of taxi licenses are illegitimate if the fundamental justification is to protect the economic viability of the service: that is, the income of taxi drivers and/or the […]
The Fair Share repository
Everything you always wanted to know about “Fair Share”, but you were afraid to ask (UPDATED OCTOBER 31, 2023) *** 1. EU AND US LEGISLATION European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for […]
Does the consolidation of telecoms start from Spain?
“MVNO” may be the magic word Europe could find itself at the beginning of a new phase in the process of consolidating European mobile operators, a process so longed for and demanded […]
The European Commission puts an end to competition in telecoms
While the public debate is inflamed on the theme of “fair share“, i.e. the question whether the large online platforms should pay certain European telcos for the “transportation” of their Internet services […]
Fair share: the definitive guide
The European “fair share” debate EU commissioner Thierry Breton (formerly CEO of Orange) is pushing for a legislative reform of the telecom sector that could materially change the functioning of the […]
GDPR ruling puts at risk Meta’s personalised ads business
Personalized ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are considered illegal if they have not been clearly and incontrovertibly authorized by the user. Meta cannot force users to accept the treatment aimed at […]
Facebook, Whatsapp ed Instagram have to change approach to personalised ads
The business model of the main social networks, starting with Meta, is at risk: personalized ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are in fact to be considered illegal if they have not […]