With a press release of August 22nd 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced the start of an investigation regarding the distribution of a video related to a sexual assault which happened in Piacenza on August 21st 2022. The video of the very serious episode, immediately acquired by the investigators, allowed to identify the […]
Category Archives: Privacy & identity
The use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR: what now?
With the provision of June 9, 2022, the Italian DPA affirmed that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR because it implies the transfer of data in the United States of America, a country lacking of the adequate level of protection of the users’ data. The situation concerned the use of Google Analytics by […]
Posting photos and videos online: the updated Guidelines of the Italian DPA
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has recently updated its own guidelines on privacy protection and sharing of online content. Addressing mostly young users of social networks, in April 2022 the Italian DPA published a video summarizing the main precautions to adopt before posting photos and videos online, suggesting to pay attention to what they […]
Face detection software: 20 million euros fine imposed by the Italian DPA
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) gave a very harsh response to the US company Clearview AI inc. which, with order of February 10th 2022, was fined 20 million euros for violating art. 5,6,9,12,13,14,15 and 27 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The proceeding rose from a complex investigation conducted with the assistance of other […]