Over the last 20 years, access to cheap computational capacity has increasingly led to the harvesting of more and more personal data, without having to worry too much about costs related to data storage and processing activities. For this very reason (and all too often), data sets are offhandedly replicated, databases are left unmanaged, and the same ...
On 22 June 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced that a month earlier, it had issued a major decision for the data sharing economy concerning the interpretation of third-party marketing consent. A company active in the energy sector (Company A) was fined EUR 3 million for unlawful data processing activities which involved the use ...
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 Sri Lanakan Personal Data Protection Legislation Bill has been finalized and will be implemented over three years from the date of certification by the Speaker, providing adequate time for both the public and private sectors to implement the legislation. A Sri Lankan Data Protection Authority will also be establihsed within 18 months. ...
Bisogna superare la semplice compliance normativa e far diventare la privacy e la protezione dei dati personali vere responsabilità sociali. La mia intervista all'8° Privacy Day Forum di Federprivacy
I think that today is a good day to ask the future Members of the European Parliament and American Presidential Candidates to think about a global dimension of data protection and to commit themselves to develop international legislative instruments that have the power to truly enable world-wide digital citizenship. Read my Letter addressed to the ...
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, ...
In this fouth blog post of my exploration into the matter based on an upcoming publication for CRC Press, part of the Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, And Radicalization Book Project that I wrote together with Dr. Milda Macenaite, I will specifically explore the relationship between personal data protection and use of information. The relationship between the protection and use of that very information is depends on ...
What is the relationship between Data Protection and the use of information in the fight against terrorism? This complex question deserves more than a simple answer. In fact, together with Dr. Milda Macenaite, I have attempted to explore this question in great depth and shortly a book chapter will be published in the CRC Press (an imprint ...
Part 3. Core International Data Protection Principles: Openness Accountability, collection limitation, purpose specification, use limitation, security, data quality, access and correction, and openness - these are all core principles of data protection that are so fundamental, they are internationally recognised. Let's start with Openness. Data controllers must always be open and transparent with respect to their developments, practices, ...
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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