GIQ magazine: European data protection regulations

By Macarena Rodicio, Gaming Intelligence

Dr Wulf Hambach and Dr Stefanie Fuchs from Hambach & Hambach explain the impact of the new European General Data Protection Regulation

IN 2015, AFTER years of back-and-forth negotiations, the European Commission reached an agreement on the text of the new
European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), replacing the out-of-date Data Protection Directive adopted in 1995.

The aim of the GDPR is to unify data protection laws across EU member states and place greater emphasis on accountability. Although many of its key points are similar to those currently in place, the new law has some far reaching and more meaningful implications.

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Source: www.gamingintelligence.com

Mission (im)possible: Enforcement against Online Gambling in Germany!

(Excerpt from TIME Law News 2018; read the whole news here)

By Dr Wulf Hambach, Founding Partner at Hambach & Hambach law firm

These two events just don’t fit together:

First event:

Kiel state parliament, September 2017: The government coalition in Kiel overturns the Second Inter-State Treaty on Gambling (GlüStV) and announces reforms in line with market conditions.

Minister of the Interior Grothe: “Formal prohibitions did not lead to the players using orderly and supervised offers. We must no longer try to control internet gambling with analogue instruments from the past millennium.” Source: https://www.shz.de/17869246

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Meet GamingLaw.eu in Barcelona

Barcelona, 5th July

“The five Leading Lawyers who dominate the iGaming World” shall speak in an exclusive WGES panel discussion which will take place at the W Hotel in Barcelona on 5 July 2017 at 2:10pm.

The four partners of GamingLaw.eu will participate in the panel which shall be moderated by lawyer Tal Itzhak Ron.

WGES (World Gaming Executive Summit) is the most exclusive and influential gathering for the online gaming industry, now in its 11^th year.

Meet Santiago Asensi, Justin Franssen, Wulf Hambach and Quirino Mancini in Barcelona