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New guidance on direct marketing

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 29 2013

On 15 January 2013, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data ("Commissioner") published the New Guidance on Direct Marketing ("New Guidance"). The

Direct marketing compliance less than 1 month to go

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 11 2013

The new direct marketing regime introduced by the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance ("PDPAO") comes into effect on 1 April 2013, less

Court of Appeal dismisses application questioning constitutionality of the online gaming law

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
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  • November 25 2011

In a decision dated 28 June 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to admit the application for a priority preliminary ruling on the issue of constitutionality (question prioritaire de constitutionnalité or QPC) raised by Darty Telecom regarding Articles 61 and 69 of the Law dated 12 May 2010 concerning the opening of the market of online gaming

Reviewed privacy guidelines for Australian broadcasters

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 10 2011

Consent for children and other vulnerable people is clarified in the privacy guidelines for broadcasters released for comment by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

Damages awarded in an identity theft case on a social networking site

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
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  • December 6 2011

The Segovia Provincial Court (Ruling 352011) awarded an aggrieved individual 12,400 in moral damages as a result of the depression she suffered in an identity theft case

AGCOM launches a public consultation to further investigate critical issues relating to VoIP and P2P mobile network services

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Italy
  • -
  • May 24 2011

The Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) has issued Resolution No. 3911CONS to approve a study carried out by AGCOM on "consumer protection and competition safeguards with reference to VoIP and peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile network services" and to launch a public consultation in order to gather comments and input from telecommunications operators and interested parties

High Court rules on the BBC's disclosure obligations under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 9 2009

On 2 October 2009 the High Court of England and Wales decided two closely connected cases on the BBC's obligation to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act

Criminal conviction for web video

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • April 13 2010

On 24 February 2010, the Court of Milan sentenced to six months' imprisonment three managers and former executives of Google; the sentences have been suspended, however, so the Court has not actually ordered any imprisonment

Australian Productivity Commission proposes to cut red tape in infrastructure services

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • January 25 2010

The Australian Productivity Commission's latest report identifies ways in which to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses in various sectors such as in information, media and telecommunications

Italian Data Protection Authority prohibits hidden profiling for online and radio promotions

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • October 25 2010

The Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) has recently intervened to stop activities resulting in the building of individual profiles based on personal preferences and habits that were made without giving prior information to the affected individuals