The new guidelines on privacy consent of the European Data Protection Board challenged a practice on cookies validated by the Garante in Italy and adopted by most of the websites.
Employees recently started returning to work, and the Italian data protection authority issued a new position of Covid-19 checks.
The Milan IAPP KnowledgeNet organized a webinar to discuss the main privacy challenges of COVID-19 emergency.
The Garante issued a GDPR fine in Italy against a University due to the lack of privacy-related security measures of their whistleblowing system.
Connected cars and mobility related applications are now under the radar of privacy authorities after the issue of the guidelines of the EDPB.
It is possible to send opt-in messages to request privacy consent to direct marketing communications in Italy according to the Court of Rome.
The first GDPR fine for lack of compliance of cookies is issued in Belgium, where the regulator also sent a warning to the market.
CCTV cameras and in general, video surveillance systems are exponentially becoming intrusive but generate substantial data protection law issues according to the EDPB.
The investigations of the privacy authority led to € 11 million fines, with 65 inspections performed in Italy, 1,300 investigated entities, and a detailed plan for the second half of 2019.
The position of the European Court of Justice in the Planet 49 case on consent required for the acceptance of cookies might impact the approach previously validated by the Italian data protection authority on the matter.