France designates competent authorities for landmark EU digital acts
25 July 24
Elisar Bashir
France also established new rules for cloud providers, some of them going beyond those in the EU Data Act. For example, it targets tying and self-preferencing practices by cloud providers.
Italian competition authority fines Meta €3.5m for unfair commercial practices
24 July 24
Marianna Mattera
The Italian competition authority found that Instagram users were not properly informed about their personal data being used for commercial purposes and that users were not given enough information on how to contest account suspensions.
Cheat sheet on digital wallets under EUdi Regulation
24 July 24
Marianna Mattera
The cheat sheet provides an overview of the digital wallet, the main innovation introduced by the EUdi Regulation.
Italian government presents draft law on AI
24 July 24
Marianna Mattera
The draft artificial intelligence (AI) law, which will complement the EU AI Act, will aim at regulating and promoting the development and use of AI technologies across various sectors in Italy.
Consumer protection associations can sue companies for not being transparent about their processing activities, EU top court confirms
22 July 24
Sebastian Naste
The Court of Justice of the EU found that consumer protection associations can bring representative actions against companies that process personal data without providing individuals with information on why, how and by who their data is processed.
Germany to ban 5G network components from Huawei and ZTE
16 July 24
Javier Huerta Bravo
Mobile network operators (MNOs) should stop using critical components from these vendors in the core network by the end of 2026. In the radio access network (RAN) MNOs will have to replace, by the end of 2029, the critical functions of network management systems (NMS) provided by these vendors with technical solutions from other vendors. MNOs would still be allowed to use antennas provided by Huawei and ZTE, as long as these vendors open their interfaces.