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Sports & Entertainment Magazine - June 2024
In our Magazine of the Sports & Entertainment industry, we focus on tax and legal matters of interest.
China’s Supreme People’s Court sets rules for facial recognition technology
On July 28, 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court (the top judicial authority) published the 'Provisions on Relevant Issues on the Application of Laws in Hearing Civil Cases Related to the Application of Facial Recognition…
China sets new rules on security vulnerability of network products
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) jointly published the Provisions on Administration of Security Vulnerability of Network Products…
China to enhance cybersecurity review measures
A few days ago, Cyber Administration of China (CAC) has shaken the online business sector with the cybersecurity review on Didi (world’s biggest online ride-hailing company) and other three online business companies to prevent data security…
Latin American Viewpoints - July 2021
China’s Shenzhen City Enacted Regional Data Regulation
Shenzhen, the leading financial and production center for China and home of many Chinese internet and tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and DJI, enacted its regional data protection law, Data Regulation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (…
Data protection: Chinese authorities put compliance pressures on online business operators
On July 2, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on its website that it has started a cybersecurity review on Didi (world’s biggest online ride-hailing company), and during the review Didi is not allowed to register new…
Digital Markets Act: The European Commission proposes the creation of new rules aimed at large platforms
Together with the proposal for a Digital Services Act (see here), the European Commission has proposed a new regulatory regime applicable to certain platforms that provide digital services (Digital Markets Act, or DMA). The approval of these…
Digital Services Act: The European Commission proposes a new regulatory framework for the Internet
The European Commission has just published its proposal to regulate digital services in two texts which even it considers ambitious: the Proposal for a Regulation on Digital Markets (analyzed here) and the Proposal on a…
COVID-19: The Ministry of Communications and Transportation of Mexico specifies the essential activities
The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) has published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF) a ruling specifying the essential activities competence of the STC. This is in connection with the ruling published by the Ministry of Health…
Independent management entities: an alternative to collective management organizations?
Countdown to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
On May 25 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became mandatory, having been published in the Official Journal of the European Union three weeks earlier. The regulation established a term of two years within which members states and…