According to this article by GamingTechLaw, Meta should have paid VAT for data acquired from Italian users when they sign up to the Meta-owned platforms. The position of the Italian Public Prosectur lays to the company’s profits gained by the usage of those data for profiled advertising. Experts say that the effects of this investigation...
The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has shared a warning on a large scale attack hitting Europe and North America. The most affected countries so far have been France, Finland and Italy. Read more in this article by Politico
The Italian Guarantor has issued a € 2 Million fine against the operator of the app Clubhouse for violating the GDPR. Read more
Following others, also the Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) came to the conclusion that Google Analytics do not offer the safeguards set out in the GDPR and the transfer of data to the US is illegit as the US legislation does not currently offer adequate data protection. In its release, the...
The Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has sanctioned the public administration INAL with a €50,000 fine for three recorded incidents that resulted in unauthorized access to sensitive data of some beneficiaries. The Garante underlines that all public bodies, in particular those with relevant institutional duties, must adopt adequate technical and organizational...
The Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has sanctioned Uber with a €4.240m fine for lack of transparency in the privacy policies, and missed notifications for a data breach occurred in 2017. Find the decision of the Garante (in Italian) here.