Category Archives: Internet & domains

Digital Service Act: what it entails and what changes

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As of February 17, 2024, the obligations introduced by the EU Regulation 2022/2065 on the Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Service Act or DSA) will be applied to all European operators. With regards to the so-called Big Tech companies, on August 25, 2023 some of the Digital Service Act provisions came into effect, introducing […]

The EU-U.S. Agreement to Transfer Personal Data Has Finally been Signed

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

On July 10th 2023 the European Commission announced the adoption of the adequacy decision on the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for the protection of the personal data transferred towards USA. After the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the previous decision of adequacy on Privacy Shield, now personal data should be able to […]

Meta Pixel and Facebook Login: the Austrian DPA rejects Meta’s tracking tools

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The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB), with decision of March 6, 2023, stated that the use of Facebook Login and Meta Pixel tracking tools, provided by the American company Meta, involves the transfer of personal data to the USA infringing thus the prescriptions imposed by the GDPR for the transfer of data outside the EU. […]

Hosting Provider: the Court of Rome clarifies the area of responsibility of the passive hosting

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The Court of Rome, with decision no. 5700/2023 of 7 April 2023, ruled on the matter of the hosting provider responsibility for copyright infringements carried out by users of the platform. The case The case submitted to the Court of Rome concerned the abusive diffusion, on a video sharing platform, of a high quantity of […]