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Everything you need to know about the GDPR

Everything you need to know about the GDPR
Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 23 Apr 2018
<p>The entry into force of the EU&rsquo;s new legal framework is expected to transform the data protection landscape across the EU and beyond. This comes at a critical time for consumers, as recent revelations into the Cambridge Analytica ...
Extending Trademark Protection Overseas

Extending Trademark Protection Overseas
Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 16 Mar 2018
<p>One of the by-products of an increasingly-globalised world is the rapid increase in cross-border trade. A phenomenon which was hitherto limited to a handful of multinationals, has become standard practice today for a multitude of ...
European Commission launches GDPR portal

European Commission launches GDPR portal
Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 29 Jan 2018
<p>The General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") will enter into force on the 25th of May of this year, effectively replacing the Data Protection Directive (the "DPD"), which has been in force since 1995. In the past 23 years, the ...
Guidelines issued on procurement of consent under GDPR

Guidelines issued on procurement of consent under GDPR
Author: Alain Muscat Date: 19 Jan 2018
<p>As businesses set out to implement operational changes to phase into the new regulatory environment brought about by the GDPR, many are those who are still struggling to understand the parameters in which data controllers are expected ...
The Right to be Forgotten - Part Two

The Right to be Forgotten - Part Two
Author: Alain Muscat Date: 15 Nov 2017
<p>In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that search engines, such as Google, assumed the function of a controller and set out the right of data subjects to request the erasure of personal data that is ...
2018 Budget Highlights

2018 Budget Highlights
Author: Joseph Mizzi Date: 11 Oct 2017
<p>Malta has experienced continued economic growth, going from strength to strength; with real GDP rising from 5.5% in 2016 to 6.3% in June 2017. Additionally, employment figures remain positive, with a 3.1% increase in female ...
Use and sale of TV multimedia boxes held to be illegal

Use and sale of TV multimedia boxes held to be illegal
Author: Timothy Spiteri Date: 09 May 2017
<p>In a recent ruling, Stichtung Brein v Jack Frederik Wullems (known as Filmspeler), the Courts of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the temporary reproduction of copyright-protected content on TV multimedia boxes, is ...

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