In recent weeks, cookies have received a great deal of attention in Italy after Italian media conglomerate, GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., implemented new cookie banners across a number of its websites (e.g., La Repubblica, La Stampa, Huffpost, Il Secolo XIX). GEDI is not alone, however, as other major Italian newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, ...
27Apr 2020
UPDATE (II): “PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRIVACY” AND NOT “PUBLIC HEALTH OR PRIVACY”: A COLLECTION OF GUIDANCE ON COVID-19
In the evolving COVID-19 scenario in which business continuity also depends on adequate data protection and cybersecurity practices on the part of organizations, knowledge mapping of privacy & data protection guidance and cybersecurity best practices has taken on an even more important role. It’s for that very reason that, without the presumption of completeness, I ...
09Apr 2020
“PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRIVACY” AND NOT “PUBLIC HEALTH OR PRIVACY”: Surveillance in the fight against COVID-19
“Hopefully COVID-19 will be gone at some point, but tracking technologies may stay for longer and permanently hamper the rights and freedoms of individuals” As part of my blog series on #PublicHealthANDprivacy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this short reflection will focus on digital surveillance. There is no doubt that data and technology have the ...
12Jul 2019
ePrivacy Regulation updates
On 12 July 2019 the consolidated text of the forthcoming ePrivacy Regulation was made available. The document was published in light of the 17 July WP TELE (which will focus on articles 12-16 and related recitals) and covers the entire text of the proposed regulation. Of particular relevance, the definition of direct marketing communications ...
03Jan 2019
Provisional agenda: ePrivacy to be discussed in June 7 Telecoms Council
The Romanian Presidency's provisional agendas for Council meetings, during the first semester of 2019 (from 1 January to 30 June) have been published. Both the General Approach of the Regulation on ePrivacy and Electronic Communications (aka the #ePrivacy Regulation) and the Proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Center for competences and research in cybersecurity and the network ...
15Feb 2018
La mia intervista su Millionaire: Privacy diventa anche un’opportunità
Non perdete la mia intervista su Millionaire dove parlo della valorizzazione dei dati e l’opportunità di business che la privacy può darci, in quanto può produrre un vantaggio competitivo e un tangibile ritorno sull’investimento. PRIVACY, PROTEZIONE DEI DATI, CYBERSECURITY di Lucia Ingrosso, Millionaire (pp. 44-47): «Al di là degli obblighi burocratici, c’è una sfida da cogliere. L’uso ...
14Feb 2018
In love with #GDPR
Tre mesi alla definitiva applicazione del GDPR ho parlato con Diennea - MagNews degli aspetti più temuti. Diennea ha anche pubblicato un eBook gratuito per fornirvi un quadro completo su questo tema così importante.
28Sep 2017
Council proposes new rules for analytics
In early September the Council reviewed the draft of the new e-Privacy Regulation (“EPR”) - previously published by the European Commission on 10 January 2017 - which allows the use of first-party and third-party analytic cookies without express consent of the end-user. Among other changes to the new EPR, the Council has proposed amendments to Article 8, concerning ...
30May 2017
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Draft Opinion on ePrivacy
The Draft Opinion from Rapporteur MEP Kaja Kallas (ITRE) welcomes the change of legal instrument from a Directive to a Regulation, the extension of its scope, and the Commission's attempt to be technologically neutral, but proposes several amendments to the Draft ePrivacy Regulation. Specific qualms from the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy include provisions on tracking and ...
25Apr 2017
EDPS Publishes Opinion 6/2017 on the ePrivacy Regulation: THE EPRIVACY REGULATION PART II
Yesterday (24 April 2017) the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published Opinion 6/2017 on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications. The Opinion stresses the importance of the Proposal and the fact that European data protection regulation would be incomplete without an instrument that governs the confidentiality of communications as protected under Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The ...
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