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Israeli Anti-SPAM Legislation Amended for the First Time

The first amendment to the Israeli anti-SPAM law (section 30A of the Communications Law (Telecom and Broadcasts), 5742-1982) extends the law's reach to cover donation requests and non-commercial marketing, but excludes political messages and election campaigns.

The amendment to the anti-SPAM law, enacted by the Knesset in early August, was recently published in the official Israeli gazette. The amendment redefines ...

Israeli Government Proposes a “Facebook” Bill

The Ministry of Justice recently published a draft bill on the removal of criminal content from the web, which has already been attributed the nickname “Facebook Law”. The bill’s declared objective is to provide enhanced measures for dealing with unlawful speech that raises a significant risk to the safety of an individual or the public, or to national security, by ...

Israeli Minister of Justice Calls for Cyber Defense Legislation and Liability on Internet Platform Providers

The Israeli Minister of Justice, Ms. Ayelet Shaked, says that certain liabilities should be imposed on Internet giants like Facebook, Microsoft and similar companies, regarding unlawful content and activities on their services. The minister spoke at the Cyber Week Conference held at the Tel Aviv University. The minister revealed that the Ministry of Justice, working closely with the Israeli National ...

Israel to Regulate Financial Service Providers Dealing in Virtual Currency

The Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) has passed into law legislation that would regulate, among others, financial service providers that deal in virtual currencies. The Supervision of Financial Services (Regulated Financial Services) Law, 5776-2016 seeks to comprehensively regulate non-institutional financial service providers (i.e., non-institutional currency service providers and credit providers), by developing the non-institutional financial services sector and establishing an alternative ...

Israeli Privacy Regulator Issues Draft Guidelines on Right of Access to Personal Data

The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA, the Israeli privacy regulator) at the Israeli Ministry of Justice has issued draft guidelines on data subjects' right to review their phone call recordings, chat conversations, video calls and other digital information maintained by businesses or other entities providing services to the public. The draft guidelines reflects the Israeli privacy regulator's position ...

ISOC-IL to Launch a Public Cybersecurity Support Center

The Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) will launch a support center offering private individuals and small businesses assistance in addressing cyber-security incidents – according to a call for tenders published by ISOC-IL. The support center's purpose is to assist end users in handling cyber-security threats. The center will comprise of several layers of assistance:
  • A website with up-to-date, reliable and accessible ...
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