On November 15, 2022, the Italian Supreme Court held that an Italian court or competent data protection authority has jurisdiction to issue a global delisting order.
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Danish DPA Declares Use of Google Analytics Unlawful Without Supplementary Measures
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On September 21, 2022, Denmark’s data protection authority Datatilsynet announced its guidance that Google Analytics, Google’s audience measurement tool, is not compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. …
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Italian Garante Bans Google Analytics
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On June 23, 2022, Italy’s data protection authority determined that a website’s use of the audience measurement tool Google Analytics is not compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, as the tool transfers personal data to the United States, which does not offer an adequate level of data protection. …
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Italian Garante Publishes Updated Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
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Laura Liguori of Portolano Cavallo provides highlights on the Italian Data Protection Authority’s new version of its guidelines for cookies and other tracking mechanisms.
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Italian Garante Fines Deliveroo 2.5M Euros for Unlawful Processing of Personal Data
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On August 2, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced that it had levied a €2,500,000 fine on Deliveroo Italy s.r.l. for the unlawful processing of personal data of approximately 8,000 Deliveroo riders and various infringements of the GDPR.
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Italian Garante Fines Telecoms Provider 17 Million Euros for Direct Marketing Infringements
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On July 13, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, “Garante”) announced that it levied a €16,729,600 fine on telecoms provider Wind Tre S.p.A. (“Wind Tre”) for several unlawful data processing activities, mostly related to direct marketing.
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Italian Garante Fines Bank 600,000 Euros for Pre-GDPR Data Breach
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The Italian Data Protection Authority recently announced that it had levied a 600,000 euro fine on a banking institution for several violations of the Italian Personal Data Protection Code, in its pre-General Data Protection Regulation form. …
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The Global Privacy Assembly Approves Data Sharing to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
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On March 17, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Global Privacy Assembly issued a statement giving their support to the sharing of personal data by organizations and governments for the purposes of fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Italian Garante Fines Telecom Company 27.8 Million Euros for Unlawful Marketing Practices
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On February 1, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced that it had levied a fine of 27.8 Million Euros on TIM S.p.A., a telecommunications company, for several unlawful marketing data processing practices.
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European Parliament Announces New European Data Protection Supervisor
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The European Parliament has announced that the former head of the Italian Data Protection Authority, Giovanni Buttarelli, will be appointed as the new European Data Protection Supervisor, and Polish regulator Wojciech Wiewiórowski will be his deputy.
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