Baker McKenzie | European Union, Spain | 12 Apr 2011
On 4 February 2001, the Council of Ministers approved the submission of the State Gaming Draft Bill (Draft Bill) to Parliament.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 4 Apr 2011
According to a report prepared by IDC for Business Software Alliance (BSA), Andalusia, Extremadura, Valencia and Castilla La Mancha are the Spanish Autonomous Communities with the highest rates of pirated software use.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 22 Mar 2011
The Spanish Data Agency (SDPA), in its Report number 0427/2010, responded to a query relating to the application of the Data Protection Act to a call centre register that collects telephone numbers and full addresses of callers.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 22 Mar 2011
The Ministry of Industry has recently released its draft Royal Decree on actions to be undertaken in the area of the radio-electric spectrum.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 16 Mar 2011
In its Report 0446/2010, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) has held that the entering of a credit or debit card PIN number, as a means to authorise a transaction in place of traditional handwritten signatures, does not fall under the scope of the Spanish Data Protection Act.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 16 Mar 2011
The National Administrative Court has upheld a €60,000 fine imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) on a bank for mailing a client's confidential information to another client.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 9 Mar 2011
Since April last year, the Ministry of Industry in Spain has unofficially expanded the range of mobile phone numbering by adding numbers beginning with 7.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 28 Feb 2011
The Goverment has released a new draft Regulation to develop certain aspects set forth in the Sustainable Economy Act regarding the Universal Service, which is designed to set up a public network which will offer internet connections with a required minimum download speed of 1 Mbp per second.
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 22 Feb 2011
The draft of the new Telecommunications Act has been presented to the Information Society and Telecommunications Assessment Council (Ministry of Industry).
Baker McKenzie | Spain | 18 Feb 2011
Several government ministries have produced a draft Royal Decree which develops the Statute for reuse of public sector information (Ley sobre la reutilización de la información del sector público).