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Mamo TCV Advocates Contributes to the 2019 Edition of DLA Piper’s ‘Data Protection Laws of The World Handbook’ Telecoms, Media & Technology

Mamo TCV Advocates Contributes to the 2019 Edition of DLA Piper’s ‘Data Protection Laws of The World Handbook’

Ever since the 'Data Protection Laws of The World Handbook' was launched by DLA Piper in 2012, Mamo TCV Advocates has been closely involved therewith by providing, and subsequently updating on an annual basis, the chapter relating to Maltese data protection legislation. The 'Malta' section (now including GDPR implementation measures) was written by Dr Claude Micallef-Grimaud and is currently updated as at 10 January 2019. It can be accessed here.The handbook provides an overview of the key privacy and data protection laws and regulations (including GDPR implementation) across nearly 100 different jurisdictions and offers a primer to businesses as they…
Claude Micallef Grimaud
28th February 2019
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Maltese Lands Authority Fined €5,000 by the IDPC for Personal Data Breach Legal Updates

Maltese Lands Authority Fined €5,000 by the IDPC for Personal Data Breach

On February 18 2019, the Maltese Information and Data Protection Commissioner ('IDPC') issued his decision to the Lands Authority ('the Authority') following the investigation by the IDPC of the data breach which was brought to the IDPC's attention by the local press on 23rd November 2018. In the said journalistic piece, it was alleged that the Authority's website contained a serious flaw allowing significant amounts of personal data to be made available to the general public (via search engines). Over the course of his investigation, the Commissioner noted that the Authority's online portal indeed lacked the necessary technical and organisational…
MamoTCV Advocates
21st February 2019
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Artificial Intelligence: Some of the Challenges Ahead Telecoms, Media & Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Some of the Challenges Ahead

Introduction Reference to Artificial Intelligence ('AI') is likely to bring to mind dystopian pictures of a robot apocalypse as depicted in films such as iRobot or The Matrix or to spark debates on the possibility of machines with 'consciousness'. Yet although we are rightly concerned about AI and the future of mankind, catastrophic thinking may diminish or slow its progress and make us lose sight of its vast potential benefits. AI is more pervasive in our daily lives than one may think. Spotify and Netflix use AI to recommend songs, films or television shows which it considers relevant to our…
Michael Camilleri
21st February 2019
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Articles of the Customs Ordinance and Excise Duty Act Declared Unconstitutional Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Articles of the Customs Ordinance and Excise Duty Act Declared Unconstitutional

In the case 'Michael Zammit v. Kontrollur tad-Dwana et'decided on the 8th February 2019, the First Hall of the Civil Court (Constitutional Jurisdiction) found that Articles 68 and 72(4) of Chapter 37 of the Laws of Malta (Customs Ordinance), together with Article 16A of Chapter 382 of the Laws of Malta (Excise Duty Act), are in breach of Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights and Article 37 of the Constitution of Malta (the right to property). It also found that Articles 72 and 73 of Chapter 37 of the Laws of Malta (Customs Ordinance),…
Michael E. Camilleri
20th February 2019
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EU Company Law to be Adapted to the Digital Era Corporate and M&A

EU Company Law to be Adapted to the Digital Era

The European Council has announced that it has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on a draft directive that will facilitate and promote the use of online solutions in a company's contact with national regulatory authorities throughout its life cycle. The draft directive provides for the amendment of EU company law rules to allow for greater efficiency, transparency and legal certainty in company matters through the use of digital tools. The European Council has announced that the draft directive provides the following:Persons may register limited liability companies, and file company documents with national regulatory authorities entirely online;Information explaining national…
Joshua Chircop
19th February 2019
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EU Company Law to be Adapted to the Digital Era Corporate and M&A

EU Company Law to be Adapted to the Digital Era

The European Council has announced that it has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on a draft directive that will facilitate and promote the use of online solutions in a company's contact with national regulatory authorities throughout its life cycle. The draft directive provides for the amendment of EU company law rules to allow for greater efficiency, transparency and legal certainty in company matters through the use of digital tools. The European Council has announced that the draft directive provides the following:Persons may register limited liability companies, and file company documents with national regulatory authorities entirely online;Information explaining national…
Joshua Chircop
19th February 2019