A selection of the main decisions by the Italian Data Protection Authority, arranged by subject and by date, and expanded continuously.

 

 

Banking and Financial Sector

• Data Sharing and Tracking of Transactions in the Banking Sector - 12 may 2011

• Provisions Applying to Corporate Mergers and Split-Ups - 9 may 2009

• Guidelines for the Processing of Customers´ Data in the Banking Sector - 25 october 2007

 

Biometrics & Genetic Data

• General Application Order Concerning Biometrics - 12 november 2014

• General Authorisation for the Processing of Genetic Data - 13 december 2012

• Limitations Applying to the Taking of Fingerprints and Image Acquisition by Banks - 27 october 2005

• Access to Restricted Areas and Biometrics - For A Proportionate Use of Fingerprints - 23 november 2005

• Use of Fingerprints for Assiduity Control at the Workplace (Prior Checking) - 21 july 2005

 

Business Information

• Business Information: Only Relevant Data May Be Processed - 30 october 2008

 

Business Sector

• Practical Guidelines and Simplifying Measures for SMEs - 24 may 2007

 

Clinical Drug Trials

• Guidelines for Data Processing within the Framework of Clinical Drug Trials (revised) - 14 august 2008

 

Credit Reporting

• Balancing of Interests: Data Collection by CRAs without Consents - 14 november 2004

 

Data Retention

• Secure Retention of Telephone and Internet Traffic Data - 24 july 2008

• Security in Internet and Telephone Traffic Data - 17 january 2008

 

Debt Collection

• Debt Collection and Processing of Personal Data - 30 november 2005

 

Electoral Propaganda

• Electoral Propaganda: A Decalogue by the Garante - 7 september 2005

 

Electronic Communications, Internet

• Simplified Arrangements to Provide Information and Obtain Consent Regarding Cookies - 8 may 2014

• Injunction and Order Issued Against Google Inc. - 18 December 2013

• Ordering Google Inc. to block data processing in connection with the "capturing" of communications on Wi-Fi networks and lodging a report with judicial authorities - 9 september 2010

• MMS and Data Protection - 12 march 2003

• Social Networks - Watch Out for Side Effects - 30 october 2008

• Enhanced Security Measures in Processing Telephone Traffic Data - 1 june 2006

 

Employment

• Vehicle Geo-Location and Employer-Employee Relations - 4 October 2011

• Guiding Principles on the Processing of Employees´ Personal Data in the Public Sector - 14 june 2007

• Guidelines Applying to the Use of E-Mails and the Internet in the Employment Context - 1 march 2007

• Guidelines on DP and Employment in the Private Sector - 23 november 2006

 

Geo-Location

• Vehicle Geo-Location and Employer-Employee Relations - 4 October 2011

 

Health Data

• Guidelines on processing personal data for dissemination and publication on exclusively health-related web sites - 25 january 2011

• Guidelines on Online Examination Records - 25 june 2009

• Guidelines on the Electronic Health Record and the Health File - 16 july 2009

 

Household and Social Activities

• Data Protection and Management of Condos - 18 may 2006

 

New Media

• Guidelines on processing personal data for dissemination and publication on exclusively health-related web sites - 25 gennaio 2012

• Interactive TV: Compliance with DP Legislation - 3 february 2005

 

Marketing

• Guidelines on Processing Personal Data to Perform Customer Satisfaction Surveys in the Health Care Sector

• Loyalty Cards and Programmes: Guidelines - 24 february 2005

 

Media

• Publishing Transcripts of Tapping Records - 21 june 2006

 

New Technologies

• "Smart" (RFID) Tags: Safeguards Applying to Their Use - 9 march 2005

 

Notification of Processing Operations

• Simplification of Notification Requirements and Forms - 9 december 2008

• Provision by the italiana Data Protection Authority - Cases exempted from notification - 31 march 2004

 

Public Administration

• Guidelines for the Processing by Public Bodies in Connection with Web-Based Communication and Dissemination - 19 march 2011

 

Security Measures

• Implementing Measures with Regard to the Notification of Personal Data Breaches – 4 April 2013

• Measures and arrangements applying to the controllers of processing operations performed with the help of electronic tools in view of committing the task of system administrator - 27 november 2008

• Simplifying the Security Measures Set Forth in the Technical Specifications Contained in Annex B to the Data Protection Code - 27 november 2008

• Electrical and Electronic Waste and Data Protection - 9 december 2008

 

Spam

• Spamming: Guidelines by the Italian DPA - 29 may 2003

 

Tax Returns

• Taxpayers´ Lists on the Internet - 6 may 2008

 

Telephony & Telemarketing

• General Injunction Regarding the So-Called "Silent Calls" - 20 February 2014

• Requirements Applying to the Processing of Personal Data for Marketing Purposes as Performed by Relying on Operator-Assisted Telephone Calls, Following the Creation of the Public Opt-Out Register - 19 January 2011

• Profiling and Electronic Communications - 25 june 2009

• Measures Imposed on the Controllers of Databases Set up from Telephone Subscriber Directories Compiled Prior to 1 August 2005 Following the Derogations Introduced by Section 44 of Decree no. 207/2008 - 12 March 2009

• Measures Concerning Itemised Billing - 13 march 2008

• Unsolicited Telephone Services - 16 february 2006

• Access to Telephone Data: Safeguards Applying to Incoming Calls - 3 november 2005

 

Video Surveillance

• Video Surveillance - Guidelines by the Italian DPA - 8 april 2010