The law firm GIACCARDI & BREZZO Avocats advises and assists actors and users of new information and communication technologies, in particular:
• Compliance with Monegasque and European regulations on the protection of personal data
• Relations with the Monegasque data protection authority (Commission de contrôle des informations nominatives)
• Legal security of e-commerce transactions
• Legal security of the use of communication tools at work, including teleworking
• Liability of service providers
• Offences via electronic communication networks (digital identity theft, defamation and damage to e-reputation, fraud, computer crimes, …)
Monegasque IT law
The information technology law (IT law) is a growing field in the Principality of Monaco.
It is a hybrid law at the crossroads of a multitude of more traditional rights.
With regard to civil matters (electronic evidence), e-commerce and technical service providers (hosting, Internet, cryptology …), it is necessary to refer in particular to Law No. 1.383 of 2 August 2011 on the Digital Economy.
In criminal matters, the Law No. 1.435 against technological crime transposed the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime of 23 November 2001.
In administrative matters, the Law No. 1.165 of 23 December 1993 consolidated in 2018 governs the processing of personal data by means of new technologies. Monaco signed on 10 October 2018 the Amending Protocol to Convention 108 for the protection of individuals with regard to automated processing of personal data and its Additional Protocol on Supervisory Authorities and Transborder Flows of Personal Data.
It should be noted that Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR) may apply to companies that are not established in the European Union, which offer goods or services to people located in the European Union or track their behavior.
In tax matters, the Law No. 1.444 of 19 December 2016 imposes additional obligations on Monegasque financial institutions relating to personal information in connection with the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts.
Given the gradual formation in the Principality of a relevant legal framework, and the extraterritorial scope of the European Union rules, a certain degree of vigilance is required in order to comply with the domestic and European regulations on personal data.
Lastly, Blockchains and smart contracts have recently been the subject of a draft law.
The planned, long awaited and far-reaching reform, with major challenges for local professionals, is part of the Principality's economic development strategy. Draft law No. 994 amends: • Law No. 1.383 on Digital Economy, amended (e-commerce,...
MONACO signed on 10 October 2018 the Amending Protocol (CETS: 223) - open for signature by the 53 Contracting States[i] to “Convention 108”[ii] - together with 19 other Council of Europe member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland...
Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment of 18 October 2018, Bastei Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG / Michael Strotzer, Case C-149/17 There is no fair balance between the right to an effective remedy and the right to intellectual property, on the...