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The Italian Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of conviction for the...

The recent publication of the ruling of the Italian Supreme Court (17 February-1 June 2011, No 21839) offers much food for thoughts. The facts behind the decision seem, in their essence, very simple:...

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The Development Decree: a revolution in the concept of personal data

Although the news has not attracted particular media response, the draft of the so-called Development Decree which has been circulating in the last few days would also have an impact on the protection...

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Online application forms and the principle of no surplus in the processing of...

Registration forms to websites should observe the principle of no surplus in the processing of personal data according to which only that data relevant to the websites’ purposes, namely to achieve the...

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Monti’s Economic Measures Revolutionize the Italian Privacy Code

Among the various provisions of the Monti government’s new economic measures (Law Decree no.201 of December 6, 2011) published in Official Gazette no. 284 of December 6, 2011, we find the introduction...

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About the Facebook decision

The recent “Facebook” decision by the European Court of Justice can be interpreted from two different perspectives, which are not (however) mutually exclusive. The first interpretation is of a...

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The European Privacy Regulation: new horizons in personal data processing

On the 14th of April 2016, more than four years after the European Commission proposal, the European Parliament approved at second reading the Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to...

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European Court of Justice: IP addresses are personal data, even if they allow...

A recent judgment by the European Court of Justice stated that IP addresses can be considered as personal data in that they can be used to identify a user by turning to the authorities or ISP...

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Heavy fines for privacy violations for five money transfer companies

The Italian DPA has imposed fines totalling over 11 million euros on five money transfer companies which had unlawfully processed more than one thousand users’ personal data in order to bypass anti...

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