Art. 15 of the Copyright directive establishing a press publishers’ right over news aggregators and online platforms in general cannot be implemented via a mandatory collective licensing system. This is the answer […]
On October 6, 2020 Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published several rulings on the compatibility between EU law and national legislations on data retention. The rulings are Privacy International (C-623/17) as […]
By a decision dated September 15, 2020, the European court has confirmed that zero-rating practices are banned under regulation 2015/2120 (the “Regulation”) that has introduced net neutrality provisions into the European […]
Remarkably, the Commission intends, as part of the strategy, to put forward a legislation to make it mandatory for internet service providers to detect, remove and report child sexual abuse. Main elements of […]
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a European Democracy Action Plan: “Protecting European democracy from interference and manipulation”. The consultation is open for feedback until 15 September 2020. The […]
Today’s Court of Justice ruling invalidating the EU-US Data Protection Shield it is of paramount importance in the relationships between EU and US and will have a strong impact on transatlantic businesses, […]
The European Commission published a report about the GDPR to assess two years of implementation of the famous data protection regulation. This assessment was well awaited, also in light of the pending negotiation of the e-privacy regulation […]
The European Commission has released its proposal for roadmap on its Security Union Strategy for 2020-2024. The final document is expected to be published by Q3 2020 in the form of a Communication. […]
The Australian Government intends to instruct the national competition authority (ACCC) to force Google and Facebook to pay-up for news content through a new specific piece of legislation named News Media Bargaining […]
3 new consultations opened Today the European Commission published its well-awaited public consultation on the Digital Services Package. The deadline to respond is 8 September 2020. The consultation revolves around the […]
