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The new law on distance contracts.
On next 13th June 2014, the new Italian law on consumer rights in off-premises contracts and distance contracts will come into force. Such new regulation has been introduced through Legislative ... -
The liability of search engines: The Google case
As is well known, Google has two features that are used daily by millions of people, and namely the autocomplete and related searches functions. -
Advanced electronic signatures
Italian Prime Ministerial Decree dated 22 February 2013 lays down new technical rules for the generation, affixing and verification of advanced, qualified and digital electronic signatures. -
Electronic Journals do not need to be registered
The Italian Supreme Court has ruled, with judgment no. 23230 handed down on May 10, 2012, that the editor of an electronic journal who has not satisfied the registration requirement ... -
Google Street View, capturing of Wi-Fi data and breach of privacy
Google’s collection of unencrypted data obtained from wireless networks in its Google’s Street View project did not violate Section 705(a) Communications Act that prohibits the unauthorized interception (and either use) ... -
Poste Italiane and unauthorized access
The Court of Siracusa, with his judgement dated 15th March 2012, ordered Poste Italiane to pay economic damages suffered by an own customer as a result of a third-party’s unauthorized ... -
AKO Capital LLP & another v TFS Derivatives & others: Service of High Court claim ...
The High Court in England has recently ruled that the service of a court claim may be made via Facebook in the case of AKO Capital LLP & Another v ... -
e-commerce and written confirmation
A link to information available on the vendor's website could satisfy provisions of Article 5 of Directive 97/7/EC about distance contracts which provides, in particular, that consumers must receive confirmation ... -
The Italian Development Decree and elimination of the Data Security Document
Article 45 of Law-Decree no. 5 dated February 9, 2012 containing Urgent simplification and development measures has formally eliminated from Italian law the obligation to draft Data Security Documentd in ... -
Canada: The publication of hypertext links to web pages containing defamatory material does not, per ...
The Supreme Court of Canada gave the above-described ruling on October 19, 2011 in the case Wayne Crookes and West Coast Title Search Ltd. which concerned an action brought by ...
