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The Italian Data Protection Authority has ordered to 3 telecom providers to delete telecom and Internet traffic data that they were storing for a period longer than that prescribed by the Italian Privacy Code as well as other data (e.g. the subject of emails and the IP address of destination) that the provider was not authorized to process as such data were not necessary to comply with legal obligations and to perform the required service.
Also, the Data Protection Authority challenged to one telecom provider the lack of implementation of the security measures prescribed by the Italian Privacy Code in the processing of personal data as well as the additional security measures to be implemented during the storage of traffic data.
These decisions show a careful control by the Italian Data Protection Authority of the data processing performed by telecom providers because of relevant amount of personal data to which they can have access.
The inspecitions by the Data Protection Authority have become even more intensive after the coming into force of the decree implementing the Data Retention Directive which prescribed specific measures in the storage of telecom and Internet traffic data and considerable sanctions in case of their breach.
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