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Italy: Garante Issues Fine for Use of Employee’s Private Chats in Disciplinary Actions

DLA Piper on 7/21/2025

The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has fined a company EUR 420,000 for violating privacy laws in the workplace. The decision focuses on the employer’s use of content from Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger— shared...more

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

GDPR Guide to National Implementation: Italy - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

White & Case LLP on 12/23/2019

Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? Old legislation has been updated....more

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Italy: Garante Issues Fine for Use of Employee’s Private Chats in Disciplinary Actions

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

GDPR Guide to National Implementation: Italy - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

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