14Aug 2020
The British Personal Data Protection Authority (ICO) released, on August 3, 2020, a fine notice to Rain Trading Ld (RTL), company responsible for making 270,774 unsolicited direct marketing calls to subscribers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS), without...
12Aug 2020
“Cross-ownership" is understood as the control and concentration of several media channels by the same company or group of companies. Although its restriction is based on a noble value of protection of competition and competitiveness - since the simultaneous holding, by the...
10Aug 2020
Azevedo Sette Advogados has added its fifth new partner since February, this time strengthening its banking and finance practice by recruiting an in-house...
05Aug 2020
After the drafting of the Constitutional Amendment No. 8/1995 to the Brazilian Federal Constitution, it was crystallized the break of the monopoly that reserved the exploitation of telecommunications services for companies under state shareholding control, allowing the...
29Jul 2020
Due to factors such as technological evolution, economic globalization and the speed of changes in the market and of the needs of users and consumers, the Brazilian telecommunications sector went through a process of market opening in the 90’s, reaching its peak in 1997/1998,...
22Jul 2020
In response to the occurrence of inappropriate conduct by telecommunications service providers, in violation of the applicable legal, regulatory or contractual provisions - related to quality of service, availability of service to the public, interconnection and remuneration of...
20Jul 2020
About a month ago, Facebooks chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced, on his social networks, the launch of yet another feature of the WhatsApp application, namely the payments feature offered by Facebook Pay in Brazil, through the use of debit or credit cards from...
20Jul 2020
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (“AEPD”) has recently announced a series of Resolutions imposing fines on companies in different sectors, based on the violation of the GDPR and the guiding principles of personal data protection. Resolution No. PS/00104/2020, published on...