French data protection regulator fines Google and Facebook for making it harder to refuse cookies than to accept them
Fines follow investigations by the CNIL…
Miscellaneous
RU having a laugh?
Use and abuse of resource units in IT infrastructure outsourcing agreements. This article was first published in the Outsourcing Focus issue, December 2021….
International data transfers in a dynamic regulatory environment
This article was first published in the Outsourcing Focus issue, December 2021….
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What next for video game regulation in 2022?
Leon Y. Xiao ponders what 2022 might bring for video games regulation and how states might curb the growing trend for loot boxes…
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Digital Transformation and the New Wave of Troubled Outsourcing Projects
This article was first published in the Outsourcing Focus issue, December 2021….
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IPEC orders ISPs to block websites providing links to pirated Nintendo games
The websites permitted pirate Nintendo Switch video games to be downloaded. This infringed copyright and Nintendo’s registered trade marks….
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Court of Justice rules on dissemination of allegedly disparaging remarks on the internet
Compensation for the resulting damage in a member state may be sought before the courts of that member state. That jurisdiction is subject only to the condition that the harmful content is or has been accessible in that member state….
Patents Court refuses to grant injunction against infringement of standard essential patent before FRAND trial
The case was similar to Optis but the FRAND issues needed full consideration in court….
Member states endorse agreement reached with European Parliament for pilot regime for distributed ledger technology
The plan is that the pilot regime will run for three years….
Cloud computing & the EDPB: 2021 in retrospect
Dr Kuan Hon looks back at a busy 2021 for the EDPB and teases out what their guidance says for cloud computing users and operators…
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