DATA PROTECTION

Austria: Federal Administrative Court Confirms the Unlawfulness of the “Pay or Okay” Model under the GDPR.

In a recently published ruling, the Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) upheld the earlier decision of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB), which had found that the newspaper ...

19/08/2025

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

The new the Regulation on the National Cybersecurity Perimeter into force.

Starting from today the Regulation amending Annex A to Prime Ministerial Decree no. 81 of 14 April 2021, establishing the National Perimeter for Cybersecurity is fully applicable.  The ...

16/08/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN): a series of practical guides has been released to support SMEs in protecting themselves against cyber risks.

The National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has concluded its awareness campaign “Let’s Switch on Cybersecurity. Let’s Protect Our Businesses”, targeted at Italian small and medium-sized ...

11/08/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

European Insurance Authority (EIOPA): published the opinion on the governance of Artificial Intelligence risks.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published an opinion on  AI governance and risk management. The opinion addresses the impact of artificial intelligence ...

06/08/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EU Commission: a study on the spread of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector has been published.

The European Commission has published a study dedicated to analysing the impact and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector.The document highlights how AI is now ...

06/08/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Luxembourg Data Protection Authority: published a guide on how to comply with the Artificial Intelligence literacy obligation.

The Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (Commission nationale pour la protection des données – CNPD) has published a guide for public and private organisations on how to ensure an adequate level ...

05/08/2025

COMPUTER CRIMES

National Cybersecurity Agency: cyberattacks in Italy, +53% events in the first half of 2025, in-cidents with impact double, but detection and response capacity is growing.

In the first half of 2025, Italy recorded an increase in cyber events and incidents. According to data published by the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), with theH1 2025 Operational Summary - PDF, ...

04/08/2025

DATA PROTECTION

The Court of Justice of the EU reaffirms the primacy of the GDPR in employment relation-ships: company agreements that authorise excess processing or unlawful transfers to third countries are invalid.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (judgment in case C-65/23), has addressed a particularly important issue in the field of the protection of personal data in the context of the employment ...

02/08/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The rules of the AI Act on GPAI and copyright are fully applicable.

From 2 August 2025, additional obligations of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act) are applicable, with an impact on the entire AI supply chain: model suppliers, users (deployers) and downstream ...

02/08/2025

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW

EU trade mark pre-assessment, the EUIPO introduces AI-enhanced pre-checks to reduce er-rors and objections.

The EUIPO has recently introduced an innovative system for the automated pre-assessment of European Union trade mark (EUTM) applications, with the aim of simplifying and making the filing process ...

02/08/2025

DATA PROTECTION

Italian Data Protection Authority: reminder to Confcommercio on the abuses of video surveil-lance in shops.

The Italian Data Protection Authority has sent a letter to the president of Confcommercio-Imprese per l'Italia, to report the increasingly widespread misuse of video surveillance systems in shops and ...

01/08/2025

DATA PROTECTION

Italian Data Protection Authority: alarm on the risks for sensitive data contained in medical reports published on Artificial Intelligence platforms.

 The practice of uploading clinical analyses, X-rays and other medical reports to generative AI platforms asking for interpretations and diagnoses is increasingly widespread.  This is an ...

30/07/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EU Parliament: a report on Generative Artificial Intelligence and copyright protection has been published.

The European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) have published a technical-legal report dedicated to copyright aspects in the field of generative artificial intelligence, highlighting the ...

30/07/2025

DATA PROTECTION

Court of Cassation: the employment of a private investigator by the employer to ascertain the misuse of permits pursuant to Law 104/1992 does not violate the legislation on the protection of personal data.

The Court of Cassation recently ruled on a case of dismissal for just cause adopted by a company against one of its employees. The latter had challenged the legitimacy of the disciplinary measure, ...

19/03/2025

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EU Commission: Google and Apple recalled for violation of the rules of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The European Commission has sent two preliminary findings to Alphabet, accusing it of not complying with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for Google Search and Google Play services, for which it has ...

19/03/2025