The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Meta for lack of payment of VAT for data acquired in Italy from users when they sign up for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which the company uses for profit to run profiled advertising.
Giulio Coraggio
Anna Pouliou is the Chief Privacy Officer at Mars and shares with Giulio Coraggio her vision of data protection as part of the podcast, Diritto al Digitale.
A dramatic increase in the Italian Salva Sport betting tax might loom on the horizon as the Italian gambling authority reinterprets this levy, potentially leaving operators facing a significant unexpected financial burden.
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered a ruling leading to major discussions, mandating controllers to inform data subjects of recipients' names upon exercising their privacy right of access under GDPR unless specific exceptions apply.
The Irish Data Protection Commission has made waves with its recent decision to levy a staggering EUR 390 million GDPR fine against Meta for its practices in behavioural advertising, creating a precedent potentially impacting online behavioural advertising by any business, and changing the Internet as we know it.
A threatened Schrems III case by Max Schrems after the publication of the draft adequate decision on data transfers to the US opens questions about whether this battle has actual winners.
The cyber risk deriving from merger and acquisition corporate deals is often underestimated without running proper cyber due diligence, even though it can significantly threaten the profitability of transactions.
Technology suppliers must bear Italian cybersecurity certification obligations in supplies to companies covered by the National Cyber Security Perimeter that are now operational.
On October 20, 2022, the Italian data protection authority issued a GDPR fine of 1.4 million euros for multiple violations related to the CRM card system against a well-known perfume store chain.
The draft Italian budged law provides that online gambling and betting licenses will be extended up to the end of 2023 reassuring the operators of the market.