Recent months have witnessed a flurry of activity from the European Commission in the field of telecommunications regulation. On December 18, 2020, the Commission adopted a new Delegated Regulation setting single maximum Union-wide voice termination rates
On December 15, 2020, the European Commission (EC) presented its long-awaited proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), together with a proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA), which we discussed in a previous alert.
On December 15, 2020, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA). The proposal aims to promote fair and contestable markets in the digital sector.
On 3 December 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its ruling in the case Star Taxi App (C-62/19). The case concerns the interpretation of the notion of “information society service” within the meaning of EU law and assesses the compatibility with EU law
La « loi caméras » réglemente l’usage de la vidéosurveillance afin d’assurer qu’elle n’empiète pas de façon excessive sur la vie privée des citoyens. En 2018, cette loi a été modifiée et modernisée. Parmi les nouveautés figure notamment l’obligation d’informer les services de police du placement d’une caméra à des fins de contrôle et de surveillance. Pour les dispositifs installés avant le 25 mai 2018, l’Autorité de protection des données a prévu une période de 2 ans dans laquelle les entreprises doivent se conformer au nouveau régime.
The transition period for notifying your surveillance closed-circuit television cameras (“CCTV cameras”) to the Belgian police ends on 25 May 2020. Meanwhile, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published its final guidelines on processing personal data (including facial images) through video devices.
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Many vehicles that were launched in the last few years contain sensors, cameras, a GPS and other data capturing technologies. Very often, the data captured are transmitted to receivers outside of the vehicle to enable service providers (such as vehicle repairers, insurers and telecom operators) to provide services to the driver.
We have been hearing about autonomous vehicles (“AVs”) for quite a while. However, as time goes by, the use of AVs is getting closer to becoming a reality. In various countries, car manufacturers are now carrying out tests on open or closed parts of public roads
Dans quelle mesure, un juge national peut-il contraindre Facebook d’identifier, parmi les données qu’elle stocke, les posts équivalents à un commentaire dénigrant ? Telle est la question préjudicielle posée à la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne dans le dossier Eva Glawisching-PIesczek/Facebook Ireland Limited.
A user of SkypeOut can make calls from a terminal connected to the internet to a fixed or mobile telephone line using the Voice over IP technique. The Court of Justice ruled in its judgment dated 5 June 2019 (C-142/18) that SkypeOut is an electronic communications service.
