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Ian Deguara Joins Mamo TCV Advocates Data Protection and PrivacyTelecoms, Media & Technology

Ian Deguara Joins Mamo TCV Advocates

In August 2026, Mr Ian Deguara, the former Maltese Information and Data Protection Commissioner, joined Mamo TCV Advocates as Senior Regulatory Advisor. Mr Deguara’s term at the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) came to an end in March 2026. Mamo TCV Advocates’ Managing Partner, Dr Joe Borg Bartolo, welcomed Mr Deguara to the firm, describing his appointment as an important milestone for both the firm and Mr Deguara as he begins this new chapter of his distinguished career in the field of privacy and data protection. Dr Claude Micallef Grimaud and Dr Antoine Camilleri, both partners heading the…
Mamo TCV Advocates
6th August 2026
Mamo TCV Advocates: New Data Protection Law Relating to Third Party rights
The EU Data Act: Malta’s Competent Authorities Data Protection and Privacy

The EU Data Act: Malta’s Competent Authorities

Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (the “Data Act”) entered into force on 11 January 2024, with its provisions becoming applicable to Member States from 12 September 2025. The Data Act’s enforcement framework calls for Member States to designate one or more competent authorities to enforce the Data Act. If multiple authorities are designated, a data coordinator should also be appointed. In Malta, by virtue of Legal Notice 222 of 2025, the Fair Access to and Use of Data Regulations were promulgated to designate the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), as the competent authority for the application and enforcement of all Data Act…
Mamo TCV Advocates
21st October 2025
Mamo TCV Advocates: New Data Protection Law Relating to Third Party rights
New Law enables Third Parties to a Contract to benefit from Data Protection Rights Data Protection and Privacy

New Law enables Third Parties to a Contract to benefit from Data Protection Rights

A recently published Legal Notice (204 of 2023) has created the “Enforcement of the Rights of Data Subjects in relation to Transfers of Personal Data to a Third Country or an International Organisation Regulations” (Subsidiary Legislation 586.12). This marks the first time that an entirely new subsidiary law has been enacted under the auspices of the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the laws of Malta), since June 2018, shortly after the coming into force of the GDPR. S.L. 586.12 resolves a long-standing lacuna in the field of Maltese data protection law. The scope and purpose of this new law…
Mamo TCV Advocates
30th August 2023