Below is an attempt (without the presumption of completeness) to map all the official resources providing guidance on the correct processing of personal data in the context of COVID-19 and Cybersecurity-related information on working remotely in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. I genuinely hope this will help in the effort of achieving "Public health AND Privacy"! Stay safe and ...
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the lives of millions of individuals across the globe. Among those affected are the residents of my native Italy who are currently under a mandatory lockdown (nationwide travel restrictions have been enacted) until April 3rd. In this time of crisis, however, it's important to not forget that data ...
The Italian DPA fined La Sapienza University in Rome € 30,000 for having spread the names of two individuals who had reported potential wrongdoings online. In doing so, the DPA stressed the importance of employers adopting adequate technological procedures for ensuring the the anonymous reporting of potentially illicit behaviour, also known as whistleblowing. Specifically the ...
The Italian DPA (Garante) has stated that it is not allowed for a company to keep the email account of a former employee active following termination of the employment relationship and to access the emails contained in the inbox. The Decision of the Garante follows a complaint from an individual who complained that their privacy ...
The Italian Data Protection Supervisory Authority recently published the measure whereby it decided on the audit plan for this six-month period, citing one of the processing activities that could be inspected: “1. For the period from July to December 2019, the auditing activity initiated and carried out by the Data Protection Supervisory Authority, including through the Guardia di ...
On 19 April 2019, the Italian Data Protection Authority, or Garante Privacy, announced the approval of a new measure (Register of measures n. 96 of 18 April 2019) that is soon to be published in the Official Gazette, which establishes rules that govern voter data use on the part of political parties, movements, committees, candidates, ...
According to the Italian DPA, the Garante Privacy, as of 28 September 2018, four months after the GDPR became fully applicable in Italy: 40,738 appointed DPO's contact information was communicated 2,547 complaints and reports were received 305 data breach notifications were made 7,200 requests to the Garante's font office were made These numbers show a significant ...
Happy May 25th to everyone. Today represents the start of a new era for data protection, privacy and digital rights. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b-kiF3k8WTQ&feature=youtu.be
On 8 March 2018, the Italian Data Protection Authority banned any further processing activities of the Customer Care employees’ data, carried out by an important Italian telecommunication company through a software (namely, Salesforce Arcadia) that handled the calls to subscribers. The software not only processed n data related to the calls of the customers and their ...
On 26 March 2018, the Italian Data Protection Authority published its new “frequently asked questions” related to the figure of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) in the private sphere. The FAQs are a useful tool that can provide addition clarification regarding the figure of DPO together with the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) Opinion on ...
Top-tier ICT, privacy & data protection lawyer and Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting. Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. President of the European Privacy Association. Lead Auditor BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (IRCA Certified).
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