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Italy among the countries with the highest GDPR fines in 2021 for DLA Piper report

The report of DLA Piper on GDPR fines and data breach notifications shows that Italy was still among the countries with the highest fines in 2021.

Feb 2022

Limits imposed to the right to be forgotten by the Supreme Court in a case on Yahoo in Italy

In a proceeding on the right to be forgotten, the Supreme Court in Italy cancelled the measures imposed by the Italian privacy authority, the Garante, against the Yahoo search engine through which it was ordered the deletion and removal of URLs on news events related to an individual.

Feb 2022

2022 plan for inspections of the Italian privacy authority published

The Italian privacy authority has published the plan of inspections for the first half of 2022, which indicates the areas where their dawn raids will be concentrated.

Jan 2022

Google Analytics transfer of personal data to the US challenged by the Austrian data protection authority

The Austrian data protection authority deemed the transfer of personal data to the United States performed through Google Analytics to breach the GDPR.

Dec 2021

Are you ready for the new Italian privacy guidelines on cookies of the Garante

The new guidelines of the Italian data protection authority on cookies introduce onerous privacy-related obligations for any website with effect from January 9, 2022.

EDPB draft guidelines on interplay between Article 3 and data transfers reveal arguable positions

The EDPB took an arguable position on a few aspects regarding data transfers covered by its draft guidelines on the interplay between Article 3 and Chapter V of GDPR.

What privacy obligations arise from the storage of green pass certificates in Italy?

A recent regulatory change allows the storage in Italy of employees' green pass certificates by employers with significant consequences in terms of privacy compliance.

Is the UK Lloyd vs Google decision the end of privacy class action cases?

The UK Supreme Court held in the Lloyd vs Google class action case that privacy damages need to be proven putting a strong limit to these potential claims.

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ENISA 2021 cybersecurity report lists ransomware attacks as top threat

ENISA publishes the cyber-threat landscape for 2021 providing an overview of the most common cybersecurity threats in Europe, the main market trends, the most influential actors, and the preferred attack techniques, which obviously include ransomware.

Oct 2021