Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:02:10 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin b4d1768e-0a12-4ee2-b13d-5da4fa2a9f83 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:06:38 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/European-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-March-2013 63f9b09f-2106-4255-915d-4f633e707a3f Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:19:53 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/European-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-January-2013 15e5d2b7-254e-419b-918a-02cbc4535921 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:09:07 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/EU-Regulatory-Update-New-Directive-on-Waste-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE e7896f17-6fa4-47e6-aa45-cfd5ac56c184 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:51:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/European-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-July-2012 f1d1d3b0-84af-47b0-aca9-9bd037ca2ef3 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:25 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/European-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-February-2012 b217198c-437f-43e3-999e-63b2433516ec Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:09 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/European-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-October-2011 235a49ef-9530-4d2d-9227-20ad48007713 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:58 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin-May-2011 b015390b-82c5-4be1-aa7d-0f7b2a5bf82e Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352581 Thirteen Data Protection Authorities have founded the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) in order to work together to improve privacy law enforcement on a global scale. The founders have agreed on an action plan in which they stress the importance of sharing knowledge on the various enforcement mechanisms and existing possibilities to join forces internationally. The public website of the GPEN can be consulted as from September 21, 2010. 6796696e-e192-45bc-8fb4-69525bb61c5b Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:02:10 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352582 Pursuant to a recent ruling on the subject by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Google feels strengthened in its position to, as a matter of principle, allow the use of third parties' and even competitors' Trademarks as a keyword in its paid referencing service called "Google Adwords". b1cc1302-4893-4b25-9935-c0ebe957c14b Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:47:53 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352583 On 8 and 9 September 2010, not less than four new rulings were issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the compatibility of national betting and gaming regulations with the Union law principles of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services. In these rulings, the Court firmly reiterated the basic but essential conditions with which Member States should comply when drafting their regulations, especially emphasizing the need for consistency and transparency. 012fa5e5-c2d5-4a21-8649-e04f6d51dc47 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352525 The Belgian Act on surveillance cameras of March 21, 2007 (the “Act”), which already entered into force on June 10, 2007, provides for a transitional period with respect to surveillance cameras that had already been installed before its entry into force. With respect to these cameras, the Act holds that controllers only have to comply with the obligations under the Act at the latest three years after that date. The Belgian Data Protection Authority therefore makes an appeal to the controllers in order to comply by June 10, 2010. 2bbc2169-011f-4017-8f2e-f40d24b54547 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352526 On the ARCEP (L’Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes) Conference in Paris, Neelie Kroes, the Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda, has announced that the European Commission will launch a public consultation on the issue of network neutrality. Her intention is to report back to the European Parliament before the end of the year whether regulatory action on net neutrality is necessary. f6c0db05-6625-414e-9253-188393883e71 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:48:55 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352527 EU countries can restrict online gambling to a single publicly controlled operator if their aim is to combat fraud and protect the consumer from addiction, Europe's highest court said on Thursday 3 June 2010, dealing a blow to the multi-billion euro online betting industry seeking to break domestic monopolies. 0786f89c-8285-4dfd-9943-a0462e2c518a Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:23:59 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352528 a14c6ba0-4f0c-47ac-aeba-90685f85813c Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352441 The European Commission has adopted on February 5, 2010, a Decision that updates the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established outside the European Economic Area in countries that are not recognized as offering an 'adequate level of data protection'. 62c668bb-83a7-41bd-8cd0-a34145247c2d Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352442 In its recent ruling of 23 March 2010, the Google Adwords case, the ECJ interpreted the provisions of Directive 2000/31 setting out the conditions under which Internet service providers ("ISP’s") can be held liable for infringements of intellectual property rights committed by users of their service. The Court provided guidance on these issues before referring the case back to the national court. Further guidance from the ECJ can be expected in the Sabam/Scarlet case, which the Brussels Court of Appeal referred for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ. c37a89f6-446f-4e2b-9dfd-f2547326a919 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:50:46 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352443 After years of ad hoc rulings by the European Court of Justice and several hints from the European Parliament and the EU Council in that sense, the EU Executive body finally seems to be planning a more systematic and pan-European approach to gaming and betting in the Internal Market. 6dfdcc52-531e-4bcf-b66e-e98a20d666c6 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:29:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352444 On 9 December 2009, the European Commission adopted a decision that makes legally binding commitments offered by Rambus which put a cap on royalty rates for certain of Rambus’ patents on “Dynamic Random Access Memory” (DRAM) chips. fcb7e3f9-16c6-441b-b52a-e5d8e88bb3aa Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352399 96dfbc95-4d9a-4cd1-85f1-549d4e4005a9 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:19:10 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352400 b9065d30-ec07-454e-9f3d-420d2fd0c7e6 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:36 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352401 a128cd22-ff70-47b6-9152-b0850a77d282 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352354 48f9423f-7c1d-4a0c-9a86-243663d0b0b2 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352355 06dd3013-8374-41b6-989a-4657053d2c49 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:28:23 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352356 4860def5-a270-4194-93ca-4f65584f1b04 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:20:30 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352315 ddc72a0f-930c-4b0e-8e09-41f72fd1a1ff Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352316 634b030b-db5e-489b-854c-2d1db13ff667 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352317 a8714063-08fa-4441-b83e-76bc2e4769e9 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:12:05 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352318 dd8c021e-2b82-459a-9af6-a9c1ea212bd6 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352256 In a decision of May 22, 2009, the English High Court of Justice ruled in a litigation between L’Oréal and eBay regarding eBay’s liability for sales of counterfeit and parallel imported L’Oréal products via its online platform. Although confined to the UK situation, the decision may have a European-wide impact since a number of references for a preliminary ruling will be made to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). 8d57b07b-0011-4a38-8ef8-b56d1c4328fa Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:21:34 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352257 fc6a12c4-670b-4955-8c44-09605aa2a816 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352258 One week after representatives of Europe’s 27 member states agreed to support a compromise proposal to overhaul European telecommunications rules, the European Parliament approved an amended telecoms package aimed at providing enhanced consumer protections. 2cbbcf5c-e5ee-48bd-99cc-3f9742a0edbb Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:27:45 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352221 The draft act holding several provisions regarding electronic communications intends to reinforce the role of the national regulator, restore investors' faith and stimulate the information society to the benefit of consumers and undertakings. With the new act, the Government intends to achieve the goals of Lisbon and i2010, which is increasing broadband penetration from 25,7% of the population at the end of 2007 to 30% in 2010. 91ac9042-16e1-40a1-806f-e03c67e68ee4 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352222 5f337ad6-c4a7-4606-b07a-19bbef95dc56 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352223 c7968e67-88ae-4707-944f-1af59c8a3ca0 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352224 427f9aa6-6cbf-47bf-a6ab-743a50e42606 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:31:42 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352170 d48aa988-f2c7-4200-b0e7-d2e61f0e315e Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352171 b57b5036-a877-4a46-9eb9-34c05081923c Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352172 ccc291be-2438-416b-b7af-ca791a2b4b02 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352173 17dea77b-8787-414a-b398-5aba8161bc6a Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352120 0c49eb32-beb8-450f-ab39-8b1101be8907 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352121 503969df-53b4-481d-a035-20ea8a9180d9 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352122 ac42caf8-dbbd-4cd1-bc48-6c3a3f0779ef Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:31:06 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352123 44b87927-a304-46c0-8f16-82fb4b4ed73e Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352080 8baec56f-d4ee-4e22-8a34-2c313f343c35 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352081 728aac10-1153-4b05-84d3-8f9654956b51 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352082 5cc0d21d-bcfb-472c-8b63-10b8c179b84e Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:30:28 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT-1352083 d09e05ec-3012-49f6-9381-b5d3737c4a55 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1352017 4d4653bc-ae68-4f27-9793-d309dfc6d6a9 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law-1352018 f2998d10-280a-455c-b34d-969b7843d4b9 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce-1352020 Presently, internet users wishing to operate a website or e-mail addresses must register a domain name under one of a limited list of top level domains that are available. Aside from the country code top level domains such as .be, .fr or .nl, there is a limited range of 21 generic top level domains to choose from such as .com, .org, or .info. 8c9d5e7b-7d24-4d96-815a-1890b66ed0b0 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:29:47 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Electronic-Communications-IT 59599139-399d-417d-9754-6bd9f2d7d401 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Privacy-Data-Protection-1351966 The Article 29 Working Party, the EU advisory body on privacy matters, has issued an opinion on data protection issues related to search engines. The opinion offers some useful clarification on a number of matters that may also be of interest to other online intermediaries such as operators of online communities. Search engines recently came under public scrutiny for their modus operandi with personal data. On 4 April 2008 the Article 29 Working Party, the EU advisory body on privacy matters, published its long awaited opinion on data protection issues related to search engines. This opinion offers some useful clarification of a few matters. f6f0b5a0-175f-475c-9750-b8fefa89c97c Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/ISP-Liability-Media-Law 2fcb75b0-a503-41c0-acb7-72e09298e377 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:39:07 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/Contracts-E-Commerce Recent developments regarding Call TV emerged both on the national and the regional level. On the national level, Jo Vandeurzen, the Belgian Minister of Justice, announced his plans to reform the current rules for Call TV. His proposed reforms are intended to offer consumers more protection by targeting volume callers and ensuring honest games. On the regional level, the Flemish Media Regulator and the Media Regulator of the French Community decided that Call TV should be qualified as "teleshopping," following a preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice. As a result, broadcasters of Call TV will also have to respect the provisions regarding teleshopping set forth in the Regional Media Decrees. 403b62d8-7a82-4ce7-b46b-3f2eae179b2f Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:33:05 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/EU-TMT-Privacy-Bulletin/E-Communications-IT