Italy

January 21, 2020

Italy fines gas company EUR 11.5 million for unsolicited telemarketing

The Italian Supervisory Authority imposed two fines on Eni Gas and Luce (Egl), totalling EUR 11,5 million, concerning respectively illicit […]

November 1, 2019

A number of Italian retailers submitted to the Italian Data Protection Authority, the Garante, very similar complaints concerning massive data […]

September 26, 2019

On September 12, 2019, the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante) approved a code of conduct for consumer credit agencies, pursuant to […]

July 29, 2019

On July 22, 2019, the Italian supervisory authority for data protection (Garante) issued a judgment involving the so-called “right to […]

June 29, 2019

Italy’s privacy regulator fined Facebook €1 million Friday for violations connected to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — the largest fine […]

June 21, 2019

No generic information may be provided to users in case of a data breach, whilst specific guidance must be made […]

April 24, 2019

Italian Data Protection Authority, Garante, has issued a 50,000 EUR fine against a data processor platform for its failures to […]

January 2, 2019

Earlier this year, the Italian DPA closed its investigation into WhatsApp sharing data with Facebook. The investigation started in August […]

September 17, 2018

On 4 September, the Legislative Decree no. 101 of 10 August 2018 (the “Decree”) for the national implementation of General […]

September 11, 2018

Italian privacy law integrating the GDPR is finally in place, but a number of provisions remain unclear, but need immediate […]

August 9, 2018

The board of the Ministries approved the final text of Italian privacy law integrating the GDPR raising major concerns on […]

May 15, 2018

The Italian privacy law integrating the GDPR has been finalized by the Board of Ministers, unveiling unexpected surprises a few […]