PAOLO BALBONI (PH.D.) IS A PROFESSOR OF PRIVACY, CYBERSECURITY, AND IT CONTRACT LAW AT THE EUROPEAN CENTRE ON PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY (ECPC) WITHIN THE MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW AND A TOP-TIER EUROPEAN ICT, PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY LAWYER AND SERVES AS DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO) FOR MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) DATA PROTECTION BOARD, MEMBER OF THE EUMETSAT DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY, AND MEMBER OF THE EUROPRIVACY BOARD OF EXPERTS. LEAD AUDITOR BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013. DR. BALBONI (QUALIFIED LAWYER ADMITTED TO THE MILAN BAR AND THE AMSTERDAM BAR) IS A FOUNDING PARTNER OF ICT LEGAL CONSULTING (ICTLC), A LAW FIRM WITH OFFICES IN MILAN, BOLOGNA, ROME, AMSTERDAM, HELSINKI, MADRID, MELBOURNE AND PARTNER LAW FIRMS IN 33 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. HE IS ALSO FOUNDING PARTNER OF ICT CYBER CONSULTING, A COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN INFORMATION/DATA SECURITY. PAOLO BALBONI IS CO-CHIAR OF THE CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE PRIVACY LEVEL AGREEMENT (PLA). RECOMMENDED LAWYER RANKED BY THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2021 IN THE AREAS OF DATA PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION AND INDUSTRY FOCUS: TMT.
 

Paolo Balboni (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law and a top tier European ICT, Privacy & Cybersecurity lawyer and serves as Data Protection Officer (DPO) for multinational companies. Chairman of the European Patent Office (EPO) Data Protection Board, Member of the EUMETSAT Data Protection Supervisory Authority and Member of the Europrivacy Board of Experts. Lead Auditor BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013. 

Dr. Balboni (qualified lawyer admitted to the Milan Bar and the Amsterdam Bar) is a Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting (ICTLC), a law firm with offices in Milan, Bologna, Rome, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Madrid, Melbourne and Partner Law Firms in over 40 countries around the world. Paolo Balboni is also Founding Partner of ICT Cyber Consulting, a company specialized in information/data security.

Together with his team he advises clients on legal issues related to cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, IT contracts, cloud/edge/quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI), big data and smart analytics, internet of things (IoT), regulatory issues related to telecommunications and electronic communications, payments, e-commerce, digital marketing and advertising, regulations and liabilities of digital platforms, e-health, and general IP matters. He has long-term expertise in the ICT, Food and Beverage, Entertainment, Education, Healthcare, Automotive, Logistics and Transportation Solutions, Fashion, Human Resources Management, Insurance, and Financial and Banking sectors, including Fintech, and with specific reference to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CFT) matters.

He is a Recommended Lawyer ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 in the areas of Data Privacy and Data Protection and Industry Focus: TMT.

In 2019, he was appointed as a Member of the EUMETSAT Data Protection Supervisory Authority. In 2021, he was appointed as a Member of the Europrivacy Board of Experts and in 2022, as Chairman of the European Patent Office (EPO) Data Protection Board.

Paolo Balboni is involved in European Commission studies on new technologies and participated in the revision of the EU Commission proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation. He played an active role in the drafting of the European Union Commission Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers. He is currently a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on B2B data sharing and cloud computing contracts.

He co-chairs the Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group of Cloud Security Alliance and has acted as the legal counsel for the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) projects on ‘Cloud Computing Risk Assessment’‘Security and Resilience in Governmental Clouds’, and ‘Procure Secure: A guide to monitoring of security service levels in cloud contracts’.

Keynote speaker at numerous international conferences on the legal aspects of Cybersecurity, ICT contracts, Privacy & Data Protection matters;

Paolo Balboni is also the author of the book Trustmarks in E-Commerce: The Value of Web Seals and the Liability of their Providers (T.M.C Asser Press), and of numerous journal articles published in leading international law reviews.

Graduated in Law at the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2002, Paolo Balboni completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Technology Law at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) in 2008.

He speaks Italian, English and Dutch fluently and has good knowledge of French, Spanish, and German.

I have significant experience and expertise in the following industries:

  • Privacy and Data Protection
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cloud Computing
  • e-Commerce
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing and Advertising
  • Legal Training
  • Communications
  • e-Healthcare
  • Intellectual Property
  • e-Documents
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The Legal 500 EMEA – Data Privacy & Data Protection

In 2022 I was listed as a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 EMEA in the area of Data Privacy and Data Protection

ICT Legal Consulting – Studio Legale Associato Balboni, Bolognini & Partners was listed as a Leading Firm in the same category.

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The Legal 500 EMEA – Industry Focus: TMT

In 2022 I was listed as a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 EMEA in the Industry Focus: TMT area.
ICT Legal Consulting – Studio Legale Associato Balboni, Bolognini & Partners was listed as a Leading Firm in the same category.

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Paolo Balboni is a certified TÜV Privacy Officer and Consultant.
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I regularly publish on cloud computing, online service providers’ liability, Certification Service Providers’ practice, identity management, privacy and data protection. My recent publications can be seen below and all of my articles on Lexology can be found here.

2023

  • (Forthcoming) Balboni, P.  & Francis, K. (2023) Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility (Edward Elgar Publishing)

2021

  • Balboni, P.  & Tugnoli, F. (2021) Art. 24-bis, Art. 25-novies, Art. 67. In Guido Stampanoni Bassi, Lorenzo Nicolò Meazza (eds), Commentario al Decreto sulla responsabilità da reato degli Enti D.lgs. 231/2001. Pacini Editore Srl, Pisa, Italy, 161, 262, 523

2020

2019

2018

2017

  • Balboni, P. et al. (2017) Whitepaper on Cloud Technology Options towards Free Flow of Data (v1.3), ©DPSP Cluster, 110 pages

2016

  • Balboni, P. (2016) Chapter 20: Managing Legal Compliance Risk in the Cloud and Negotiating Personal Data Protection Requirements with Vendors. In John Vacca (ed.), Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges, CRC Press (an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC), Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 267-276

2015

  • Balboni, P. (2015) Personal Data Protection Aspects of Big Data. In  Li, K.C., Hai Jiang, Laurence T. Yang, & Alfredo Cuzzocrea (eds.), Big Data Algorithms, Analytics, and Applications, Chapman and Hall/CRC, Boca Raton (FL),  283-300

2014

2013

  • Balboni P., et al. (2013) Data Protection and Data Security by Design Applied to Financial Intelligence. In N. Pohlmann, H. Reimer & W. Schneider (eds.), ISSE 2013 Securing Electronic Business Processes, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 73 – 85
  • Balboni, P. & Pelino, E. (2013) Law Enforcement Agencies’ Activities in the Cloud Environment: a European Legal Perspective, Information & Communications Technology Law, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2013, 165 – 190
  • Balboni, P. et al. (2013) Legitimate interest of the data controller New data protection paradigm: legitimacy grounded on appropriate protection, International Data Privacy Law
  • Balboni, P. & Macenaite, M. (2013) Privacy by design and anonymisation techniques in action: case study of Ma3tch technology, Computer Law & Security Review: the International Journal of Technology Law and Practice 29 (2013), 330 – 340
  • Balboni, P. (2013) Profilazione e pubblicità comportamentale. In N. Bernardi, M. Perego, M. Polacchini & M. Soffientini (eds.), Privacy Officer. La figura chiave della data protection europea, IPSOA, Milan, 148 – 158
  • Balboni, P. & Fontana, F. (2013) Cloud computing: A guide to evaluate and negotiate cloud service agreements in the light of the actual European legal framework, ICT Law Review, issue 1/2013

2012

  • Balboni, P. (2012) Contracting with the cloud: analyzing the EU position, Data Protection Law & Policy, Volume 9 issue 10
  • Balboni, P. et al. (2012) Procure Secure: A guide to monitoring of security service levels in cloud contracts, European Network and Information Security Agency (ed.), 63 pages

2011

  • Balboni, P. & Iafelice, B. (2011) Mobile cloud for enabling the EU eHealth sector Regulatory issues and opportunities for Telecom World (ITU WT), 2011 Technical Symposium at ITU, Geneva, 51 – 56
  • Balboni, P. et al. (2011) Legal Analysis. In European Network and Information Security Association (ed.), Security & Resilience in Governmental Clouds, 99 – 122

2010

  • Balboni, P. (2010) The Ultimate Expression of Outsourcing, InfoSecurity
  • Balboni, P. (2010) Data Protection and Data Security Issues Related to Cloud Computing in the EU. In N. Pohlmann, H. Reimer & W. Schneider (eds.), ISSE 2010 Securing Electronic Business Processes, Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 163 – 172
  • Balboni, P. (2010) Stop Fighting Each Other! In ‘Google & Privacy: Is the Web Giant Invading Our Private Lives? – A Spiked Debate, Spiked (20 July 2010)

2009

  • Balboni, P. (2009) Cloud Computing: Key Legal Issues. In European Network and Information Security Association (ed.), Cloud Computing Risk Assessment, 95 – 109
  • Balboni, P. (2009) E-commerce e certificati di qualità dei siti Internet, Il Sole 24 Ore – Avvocati 2
  • Balboni, P. (2009) Trustmarks in E-Commerce. The Value of Web Seals and the Liability of their Providers, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, 240 pages

2008

  • Balboni, P. (2008) Juicio europeo a la web 2.0, Computer Hoy, N° 256 Año X 14 – 15
  • Balboni, P. et al (2008) Liability of Web 2.0 Service Providers – A Comparative Look, Computer Law Review International Issue 3, 65 – 71
  • Balboni, P. et al. (2008) Setting the boundaries. Intermediary liability in a Web 2.0 world (Part 2), Copyright World (May issue) 24 – 26
  • Balboni, P. et al. (2008) Setting the boundaries. Intermediary liability in a Web 2.0 world (Part 1), Copyright World (April issue) 24 – 26
  • Balboni, P. (2008) Il diritto al nome e il diritto all’anonimato su internet: cenni giurisprudenziali e riflessioni sul quadro normativo italiano, in Finocchiaro, G. (ed.) Diritto all’anonimato. Anonimato, nome e identità personale (Cedam: Padova) 321 – 334

2007

  • Balboni, P. (2007) Model for an Adequate Liability System for Trustmark Organisations, in International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry – Vol. 1, No.1/2, 151 – 163

2006

  • Balboni, P. (2006) Model for an Adequate Liability System for Trustmark Organisations. In S. M. Kerkegaard (ed.), Legal, Privacy, and Security Issues in Information Technology – Volume 1. The First International Conference on Legal, Privacy and Security Issues in IT Hamburg, Germany April 30 – May 2, 2006 Proceedings (Oslo: COMPLEX 3/06, Institutt for rettsinformatikk), 97 – 111

2005

  • Balboni, P. (2005) Managing the Legal Risk in Providing Online Quality Certification Services in EU. In S. Paulus, N. Pohlmann, & H. Reimer (eds.), ISSE 2005 Securing Electronic Business Processes, Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 189 – 200
  • Balboni, P. (2005) Video Surveillance and Related Privacy and Data Protection Issues: The Italian Experience. In S. Nouwt, B. de Vries, & C. Prins (eds.), Reasonable Expectation of Privacy? Eleven Country Reports on Camera Surveillance and Workplace Privacy, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, 293 – 322

2004

  • Balboni, P. (2004) CCTV and Workplace Privacy – Italy. In S. Paulus, N. Pohlmann, & H. Reimer (eds.), ISSE 2004 Securing Electronic Business Processes, Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 333 – 345
  • Balboni, P. (2004) Liability of Certification Service Providers towards Relying Parties and the Need for a Clear System to Enhance the Level of Trust in Electronic Communication. In Information & Communications Technology Law, 13(3), 211 – 24
More than 30 international conferences around the world in the last 2 years. Here some of the most recent ones:

25 May 2022
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility at a closed-door event organized by Unione Industriali Torino
17 April 2022
Paolo Balboni moderated a panel on Privacy, CSR and ESG (Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility) at the Privacy Symposium in Venice, Italy
25 May 2021
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “GDPR 3 years on: The experiences and challenges of the European SMEs” conference organized by the the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency.
30 March 2021
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Legal Innovation Days organized by 4cLegal
30 March 2021
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Masterclass Privacy 2020 organized by AFGE (remotely)
08-10 March 2021
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer on “Data Protection Contract Management”, “Data Protection Impact Assessment” and “Cloud Computing” within the framework of the Privacy Executive Week organized by ECPC Maastricht University Maastricht (remotely)
04 March 2021
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the 7th Conference on Technology & communication law “Who governs the internet?”organized by Nomiki Bibliothiki (remotely)
02-03 March 2021
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Data Protection Officer Certification course organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (remotely)
17 February 2021
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Future of Privacy Forum Europe
14-15 December 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Emerging Issues and Challenges course organized by ECPC Maastricht University (remotely)
02 December 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy (remotely)
01 December 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on Privacy and Cybersecurity at the Virtual IT Roundtable organized by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan – AHK Japan (remotely)
25 November 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on the “Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology: Smart Contracts, Intellectual Property & Data Protection” at the ICT Verticals and Horizontals for Blockchain Standardisation roundtable series organized by the European Commission’s DG Connect (remotely)
24-25 November 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Data Protection Officer Certification course organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

19 November 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) for a training course on Data Protection organized by ECPC Maastricht University (remotely)

19 November 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Cyber-Data Security as a Marketing Tool” at the Web Marketing Festival (remotely)

9-12-13 November 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lPecturer on “Data Protection Contract Management”, “Data Protection Impact Assessment” and “Cloud Computing” within the framework of the Privacy Executive Week organized by ECPC Maastricht University Maastricht (The Netherlands)

22 October 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the ENISA Annual Privacy Forum 2020, in the “Data pseudonymisation: from theory to practice” panel (online)

14 October 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy (online)

08 October 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy (online)

08 October 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Webinar “Behind the Privacy Shield: The Art of Data Protection” organised by MicroFocus

30 September 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Emerging Issues and Challenges in Privacy and Cybersecurity” Course organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

15-16 September 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Data Protection Officer Certification course organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

10 September 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Federprivacy Course “Smart Working e App di Social Distancing” (online)

03 September 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the AI, Ethics and Law Workshop, organised in parallel to SETN 2020: 11th EETN conference on Artificial Intelligence (online)

04 August 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Virtual closed-door workshop “International Privacy Requirements for Airlines” organised by MicroFocus

14-15 July 2020 
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Summer DPO Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

02 July 2020 
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Smart Working and Social Distancing App” at a Webinar organized by FederPrivacy.

01 July 2020
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Webinar Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2020.

14-15 July 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Summer DPO Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

22, 25 and 26 June 2020
Paolo Balboni delivered online lectures on “Data Protection Contract Management”, “Data Protection Impact Assessment” and “Cloud Computing” within the framework of the Privacy Executive Week organized by ECPC Maastricht University.

11-12 February 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Lisbon (Portugal)

21 January 2020
Paolo Balboni hosted a webinar on “Advertising technology: legal compliance requirements to fully exploit adtech in your marketing strategies” organised together with Lexology

21 January 2020
Paolo Balboni spoke at the closed-door “Exploring Means to Free Data for non-interventional healthcare research: A Dialog” event organised by Maastricht University, The Information Accountability Foundation, and the Future of Privacy Form, taking place at the Maastricht UniversityBrussels Campus in Brussels (Belgium)
14-15 January 2020
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the
DPO Certification course for international schools” organized by ECPC Maastricht University, in collaboration with the Technology Readiness Council and the Center for Development, Learning and Technology of the International School of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

11 December 2019
Paolo Balboni spoke about Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology within the framework of a course on emerging issues and challenges in the area of privacy and cybersecurity, organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

29 November 2019
Paolo Balboni spoke about Consumer Protection by Design within the framework of a workshop on Contract Law 2020 at the Ius Commune Conference 2019 in Leuven (Belgium)

26 November 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Florence (Italy)

21-20 November 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at a managerial training course for Data Protection Officers organized by Federprivacy and the CNR of Pisa, in Pisa (Italy)

18-20 November 2019
Paolo Balboni spoke about GDPR Compliance which is becoming increasingly risk-based at the EMEA Congress organized by The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in Berlin (Germany)

Paolo Balboni and Martim Taborda Barata will be lecturers for the GDPR Certification – Lead Auditor Training.

12-13 September 2019
Paolo Balboni  was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

10 September 2019
Paolo Balboni was
 a lecturer at the CSA GDPR Certification – Lead Auditor Training organized by The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

10 September 2019
Paolo Balboni was
 a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Milan (Italy)

03-04 September 2019
Paolo Balboni was
 a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

25 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “Privacy – Raising the standard” Conference organized by British Standards Institution (BSI) in London (United Kingdom)

20 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer during “The Data-centric Week” for Summer ELSA Law School in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

19 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Data protection as a corporate social responsibility in the digital economy” at the Privacy Day Forum in Pisa (Italy)

17-18 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer on Data Protection Contract Management and Cloud Computing at the “Privacy Elective Week” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

13 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “Innovation drift” conference, he will develop this issue: “LEGAL ASPECTS OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: SMART CONTRACTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DATA PROTECTION” in Vilnius (Lithuania) 

11 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

3-5 June 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Vilnius (Lithuania) 

21 May 2019
Paolo Balboni was a guest lecturer on Data protection impact assessment in the framework of a Privacy course for BA students organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

21 May 2019
Paolo Balboni was a guest lecturer on Data protection impact assessment in the framework of a Privacy course for BA students organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

20 May 2019
Paolo Balboni lectured on Privacy & Data Protection in the framework of a European Commission project e-learning National Active Charter Training (e-NACT)” organized by the Centre for Studies in European and International Affairs, University of Parma (Italy)

10 May 2019
Paolo Balboni held his inaugural lecture as Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law in the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

2-3 April 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

12 March 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer on Data Protection Impact Assessment at the “Privacy Executive Week” organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

7 February 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the UM Star Lecture organized by Maastricht Universty, he will talk about “The New Frontier of Competition in the Digital Market: Personal Data Protection” in Brussels (Belgium) 

1 February 2019
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the CPDP conference 2019 “Data Protection and Democracy”, he will develop this issue: “Fairness by Design Ethics and Data Processing in research context: can we safeguard fundamental human rights in the digital world?“ in Brussels (Belgium)

15-16 January 2019
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

20-21  November 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

16  November 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Annual EAPSPI conference “Data-protection and production” in Lisbon (Portugal)

14  November 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at a managerial training course for Data Protection Officers organized by Federprivacy and the CNR of Pisa, in Pisa (Italy)

06-07  November 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by ECPC Maastricht University in partnership with Vilnius University, Faculty of Law in Vilnius (Lithuania)

09  October 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer on Data Protection Impact Assessment at the “Privacy Executive Week” organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands) 

08  October 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the conference “Security of Personal Data Processing Event” organized by ENISA in Athens (Greece)

20  September 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Seminar “Standardisation as regulatory technique in the process of European integration: voluntary, inclusive and legitimate?” organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

12 September 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

12 September 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

04-05 September 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification” Course organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

23 July 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Florence (Italy)

10-11 July 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification” Course organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

12 June 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Cloud Computing – Managing Data Protection Compliance, Risks, and Accountability” course organized by Maastricht University in Maastricht (The Netherlands)

07 June 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker in the “Achieving GDPR Compliance with the CSA Code of Conduct” workshop at Infosecurity Europe in London (United Kingdom)

22 May 2018
Paolo Balboni waas a speaker at the “Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2018” event organized by Sistemi UNO in Turin (Italy)

22 May 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “GDPR: Personal Data Protection Compliance is a Business Matter” webinar organised by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

17 May 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker in the Risk-Based Approach to Proportionality panel at the closed-door Digital Single Market Ecosystem: Innovation, a Seamless Digital Market, and Stakeholder Rights and Interests – How Do They Work Together?’ conference organised by the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) at Maastricht University and The Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) in Brussels (Belgium)

9 May 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Milan (Italy)

26 April 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Cyberwarching.eu Concertation Meeting in the International policy and standards evolution panel in Brussels (Belgium)

23 April 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the GDPR Workshop in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

18 April 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

12 April 2018
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the“Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2018” event organized by Sistemi UNO in Milan (Italy)

10-11 April 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

29 March 2018
Paolo Balboni waas a speaker at the“Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2018” event organized by Sistemi UNO in Rome (Italy)

20-21 March 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), Security Risk Assessment & Data Protection by Design: Assessing and Designing Compliant Data Processing” course organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

13-14 March 2018
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

07 December 2017
Paolo Balboni spoke at the Securing the Cloud – How to get ready for the GDPR webinar organized by Tresorit

16-17 November 2017
Paolo Balboni spoke about how companies can prepare for the GDPR at SICUREZZA 2017 at the Fiera Milano in Milan (Italy)

19 October 2017 
Paolo Balboni spoke about CSA PLA Codes of Conduct in the webinar organized by Assitel

10 October 2017 
Paolo Balboni spoke about European Data Protection Regulation at the TIM per l’Italia Digitale event in Bologna (Italy)

21 September 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the 3rd Annual India Privacy Summit in Taj West End, Bangalore (India)

25 July 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Figline Valdarno, Filorence (Italy)

04/05 July 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

20-21 June 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Milan (Italy)

14 June 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2017” event organized by Sistemi UNO in Milan (Italy)

13 June 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on The GDPR at a Workshop organized by ICT Legal Consulting in Bologna (Italy)

05 June 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs): a compliance tool for the new Privacy REGULATION (EU) 2016/679″ at the  CSA Summit @ Infosecurity Europe 2017 in London (United Kingdom)

25 May 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2017 in Turin (Italy)

24 May 2017
Paolo Balboni  was a spearker at the event on the General Data Protection Regulation in a workshop organized by Netmind in Formigine, MO (Italy)

16 May 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on the General Data Protection Regulation in a workshop organized by ICT Legal Consulting in Bologna (Italy)

12 May 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the 12th international conference  “Green, Pervasive and Cloud Computing” in Cetara (Italy)

10 May 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification course” organized by Maastricht University in Brussels (Belgium)

13 April 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “CSA Netherlands Chapter Summit 2017” organized by Cloud Security Alliance in Leiden (The Netherlands)

03 April 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the “New EU Regulation 2016/679” Conference organized by Federprivacy in Cosenza (Italy)

04 April 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the ICT Legal Consulting event on the General Data Protection Regulation workshop in Bologna (Italy)

30-31 March 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Privacy and Cloud Security Risks, Opportunities and Compliance course organized by the Maastricht University European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity in  Brussels (Belgium)

15-16 March 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Regulatory Issues Concerning Data Privacy – What Do Cloud Service Providers And Users Need To Understand?” at Cloud Security Expo 2017  in London (United Kingdom)

13-14 March 2017
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Regulating Privacy through Accountability Principles and Ethical Standards in the era of Big Data organized by the Maastricht University European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity in Brussels (Belgium)

22-23 February 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at “PRIVACY COMPLIANCE FORUM” organized by AFGE in Milan (Italy)

07 February 2017
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at “La compliance data protection alla luce del regolamento europeo 679/2016” organized by 4CLegal in Milan (Italy) 

02 December 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at “BIG DATA Machen wir uns zum gläsernen Menschen?” organized by Raiffeisen in Bozen (Italy)

01 December 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the  MagNews Webinar: “Profiling users online: definitions, requirements, and use of technologies like cookies, tracking technologies, finger printing, HTML5 Storage”

30 November 2016
Paolo Balboni was Lecturer at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Florence (Italy)

16 November 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Privacy Level Agreement (PLA_V3) for Cloud Service Provider in compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on personal data” at the CSA EMEA Congress in Madrid (Spain)

26 October 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at Nordic IT Security in Stockholm (Sweden)

18 October 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the European Regulation 2016/679 on personal data protection with specific reference to workplace controls seminar organized by Unindustria Bologna in collaboration with Confindustria Modena and Unindustria Ferrara in Bologna (Italy)

17 October 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the European Regulation 2016/679 on personal data protection with specific reference to workplace controls seminar organized by Unindustria Bologna in collaboration with Confindustria Modena and Unindustria Ferrara in Bologna (Italy)

13 October 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Big Data & Analytics: It’s about quality, not Quantity” at the TÜV Federprivacy – Privacy Day Forum 2016 organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

27 September 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on the Impact of the European General Data Protection Regulation at the C5 EU Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law conference in London (United Kingdom)

21 September 2016
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Privacy Officer & Privacy Consultant (TϋV Certified) course organized by Federprivacy in Milan (Italy)

13 July 2016
Paolo Balboni was Lecturer at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Reggio Emilia (Italy) 

06 July 2016
Paolo Balboni was Lecturer at Master of Privacy Officer and General Counsel of Privacy (TÜV certified) organized by Federprivacy in Rome (Italy)

29 June 2016
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Training and Certification Programme for Data Protection Officers and Other Data Protection Professionals organized by the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (The Netherlands) 

15 June 2016
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer on Data Protection at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) course at the European Railway Association in Valenciennes (France) 

08 June 2016
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the Privacy Officer & Privacy Consultant (TϋV Certified) course organized by Federprivacy in Turin (Italy)

07 June 2016
Paolo Balboni was a lecturer at the AFGE  event on the European Data Protection Regulation in Milan (Italy)

17 May 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the “Are you ready for the General Data Protection Regulation?” organized by delITad and ICT Legal Consulting in Antwerp (Belgium)

12 May 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the event on European Privacy Regulation organized by AFGE in Rome (Italy)

10 May 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker at the Event on The European Privacy Regulation for Companies oganized by Sistemi Uno in Turin (Italy)

11 April 2016
Paolo Balboni was a speaker on “Managing Risk in the Cloud: Contractual and Privacy Aspects” at the Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing event organized by the Order of Engineers in Bologna (Italy)

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2022

26/08/2022 “VITA DA PRIVACYISTA” – Trentunesima puntata – 1 esperto/a alla settimana, 20 domande fuori dagli schemi
Interview

08/08/2022 ELSA Azerbaijan Law Review Law and Technology, 5th Edition, August 2022
Interview with Professor Dr. Paolo Balboni

09/06/2022 Serious Privacy Podcast
The fourth leg of ESG: a Privacy Framework (with Paolo Balboni)

19/04/2022 UMagazine
Terms and conditions of our future

2021

27/10/2021 Nova Gazeta
В сеть не по паспорту

16/09/2021 TechMonitor
After a year of limbo a EU-US data privacy agreement still hangs in the balance

13/09/2021 EurActiv
Ireland’s privacy watchdog accused of paralysing GDPR enforcement

26/08/2021 EurActiv
UK launches global data plans to become a ‘technological superpower’

14/04/2021 TopLegal
Carnelutti avvia una partnership con Ict Legal Consulting

16/03/2021 Digital Privacy News
Facebook’s AI Breakthrough Carries Privacy Risks, Experts Warn

08/03/2021 Financial Times
Data regulations open new legal opportunities

2020

05/04/2020 Open
Coronavirus, il fenomeno zoombombing che minaccia le videoconferenze: «Chi fa incursione nelle chat altrui commette un reato»

2019

29/10/2019 Open
Carta d’identità per iscriversi sui social, Marattin (Italia viva): «La democrazia è in serio pericolo»

2018

12/03/2018 Sunewshub
Wetgeving privacy persoonsgegevens in de maak

11/03/2018 Sunewshub
Privacy in de digitale wereld, een nieuw fundamenteel recht voor Surinamers

11/03/2018 Dagbald Suriname
Privacy in de digitale wereld, een nieuw fundamenteel recht voor Surinamers

2017

17/11/2017 Sole 24 Ore 
Con il regolamento europeo sulla privacy c’è posto per 45mila specialisti nelle imprese e nella pa

16/11/2017 UnoLegal
GDPR: Modello Organizzativo Privacy in materia di protezione dei dati personali

16/11/2017 Adnkronos 
Con il GDPR la privacy diventa una questione di business

20/09/2017 Adnkronos 
GDPR, focus sulla nuova privacy europea a Sicurezza 2017 

09/05/2017 UnoLegal
Il GEPD sulla proposta di Direttiva relativa ai contratti di fornitura di contenuti digitali

06/04/2017 Adnkronos
Nuovo Regolamento UE 2016/679, scatta l’operazione privacy al sud

17/02/2017 Libero Quotidiano
Privacy, maratona di eventi per aziende e professionisti

16/02/2017 Adnkronos
Privacy, maratona di eventi per aziende e professionisti

10/02/2017 UnoLegal
Data Protection Officer: qual è il suo ruolo secondo i Garanti Privacy Europei?

2016

09/12/2016 Planet Compliance
Big Data and FinTech – An Alpine Perspective
03/12/2016 SudTirolNews
Bit Data: Kongress im Waltherhaus zeigt Chancen und Gefahren

20/09/2016 Adnkronos
Privacy Day Forum, è conto alla rovescia

24/06/2016 Open Democracy
Democracy – a call to arms

02/06/2016 Data Manager Online
Nuovo Regolamento UE, cambia la prospettiva della privacy

01/02/2016 BlastingNews
E SE DA GRANDE FACESSI IL PRIVACY OFFICER?

29/01/2016 Linkiesta
Torna dall’Olanda e apre uno studio legale “europeo”. Oggi dà lavoro a 15 professionisti

29/01/2016 Informazione.it
ICT Legal Consulting CULTURE – arte e diritto delle nuove tecnologie

2015

19/11/2015 NL Times
DATA PRIVACY DOCUMENTARY “DEMOCRACY” TO DEBUT AT AMSTERDAM’S IDFA

14/11/2015 The Guardian 
Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate

09/11/2015 netzpolitik.org
Wir schulden es Snowden, Datenschutz sexy zu machen – Filmemacher Bernet im Interview

31/10/2015 iRIGHTS
„Democracy: Im Rausch der Daten“ – der Weg zur EU-Datenschutzreform als Lehrstück

13/07/2015 Rai Radio 2
Italiani in continenti del 13/07/2015 – Paolo Balboni e Virgilio Vidor

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TRUSTMARKS IN E-COMMERCE:
THE VALUE OF WEB SEALS AND THE LIABILITY OF THEIR PROVIDERS

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This groundbreaking book is the first comprehensive study of trustmarks: electronic labels or visual representations that indicate an online merchant has met industry standards with regard to security, privacy, and business practices.

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