The COVID-19 outbreak has touched the lives of millions of individuals across the globe. Among those severely affected are the residents of my native Italy who are currently under a mandatory lockdown (nationwide travel restrictions have been enacted) until an undefined date. But how should the collection of potentially special category personal data (health data) be managed in a pandemic? Several data protection authorities have provided ...
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 ...
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
"Toccherà a Federprivacy fare il punto sulle nuove regole in materia di privacy durante il convegno "GDPR, il nuovo Regolamento Europeo sulla protezione dei dati", organizzato da Ethos Media Group per il prossimo 16 novembre, a cui parteciperanno esperti della materia e rappresentanti delle autorità come il colonnello Marco Menegazzo, Comandante del Nucleo Speciale Privacy della Guardia ...
Background information/scenario Since the publication of the Guidelines Applying to the Use of E-Mails and the Internet in the Employment Context, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) has had more than one opportunity to state its view on the controls of IT devices provided to employees to perform their job. In the case at stake, a ...
Background information/scenario Do marketing purposes need specific consent and does such consent apply even when targeting professionals and companies whose contacts are publicly available on Internet? In one of its first decisions dated 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) restated that all data controllers must collect a freely given and specific consent in order to ...
Top-tier European ICT, Privacy & Cybersecurity lawyer. Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting. Lead Auditor BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013.
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