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Spain’s new Co-Regulatory Agreement on the Classification of Audiovisual Programmes and Content (Acuerdo de corregulación para la calificación de programas y contenidos audiovisuales - code of conduct) was approved in July 2026. The code of conduct implements Article 98(2) of Spain’s General Audiovisual Communication Law (Ley 13/2022 General de Comunicación Audiovisual - LGCA) and creates a common framework for the classification of audiovisual content. Although its most obvious objective is the protection of minors, it also reflects a broader change in...

    The "Recommendations and best practices for personal data protection in video games" are the first joint European guidelines dedicated exclusively to addressing data protection, user privacy, and systemic risks within the video games ecosystem under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They have been published collaboratively between the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos – AEPD) and the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données (APD) / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit...

On 21 July 2026, Spain's Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree 607/2026, of 22 July, regulating the special employment status of artists, technicians and auxiliary personnel working in the performing arts, audiovisual and music sectors. Published in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado - BOE) on 25 July 2026, the new framework replaces Royal Decree 1435/1985, in force for more than four decades, and completes the modernisation process initiated by Royal Decree-Law 5/2022. Given the scale of the reform – the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy estimates...

The Madrid Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial de Madrid) has confirmed and partially expanded a judgment against Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia, finding that the repeated reuse of footage featuring a private individual over a period of more than fifteen years infringed her right to her own image and, in certain instances, her right to honour. The Court increased the damages awarded from EUR 40 000 to EUR 50 000 and ordered the broadcaster to remove the contested recordings from its platforms and avoid any further similar use. The case concerns a television interview broadcast by Antena 3...

The National Commission for Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia – CNMC), the authority responsible for ensuring that audiovisual media service providers comply with the obligations set out in the General Law on Audiovisual Communication (Ley General de Comunicación Audiovisual), has issued formal notices to five influencers for breaching the rules on the identification of commercial communications on social media. The decisions relate to several posts shared on Instagram and TikTok by Sofia Suescun, Tamara Gorro, Peldanyos, Samy...