The investigation of the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) on the new filter systems put in place by many newspapers online continues at a fast pace. In the last few months many web sites, in particular related to the TV and the news field, have decided to limit the access to their content through a […]
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The Irish DPA sanctions Meta: Instagram infringes minors’ Privacy
With decision of 2nd September 2022, the Irish Data Protection Authority inflicted a fine of Euro 405 billion to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Instagram) for GDPR infringement, imposing a series of corrective measures to adequately protect the privacy of minors. The decision was issued at the end of a thorough investigation started in 2020 with […]
Google: the EU Court confirms the maxi-fine for abuse of dominant position
With judgment of 14th September 2022 (T-604/18) the EU Court condemned Google to a maxi fine of 4,125 billion euro for having imposed limitations to manufacturers of Android devices in order to consolidate its own dominant position on the market. The judgment of the EU Court came after the appeal, by the American company, to […]
Music piracy: the Court of Milan accepts the appeal of Sony, Universal and Warner against Cloudflare
With judgment of July 11th 2022, the Court of Milan accepted the appeal presented by Sony, Universal and Warner against Cloudflare Inc., ordering to block the DNS resolution of any website allowing to unlawfully download torrent files. The DNS (Domain Name System) is a system which allows to convert the numeric strings composing the IP […]