The Italian Antitrust Authority has imposed a fine of €1.500.000 on the company Estesa Limited, owner of the site www.italia-programmi.net, for misleading and aggressive commercial practices. This heavy fine is the...
Archive - January 2012
Emails as evidence
An email is an electronic document with an electronic signature, since the username and password are included in the definition of an electronic signature according to art. 1 lett.q of the Italian Digital Administration...
The Italian Authority rules on silent calls
Telemarketing is once more the focal point of the activity of the Italian Privacy Authority which has recently ruling on the phenomenon of so-called “silent calls”. These are calls when the recipient has no...
Court of Rome: no to precautionary controls of online content by intermediaries
The Court of Rome has issued a decision establishing that copyright holders are not entitled to seek an order of precautionary control by websites which host user-generated contents. With this decision the Rome Court...
The Monti Economic Measures are now Law: changes to the rules on personal data protection
As previously announced, the Italian Law of 22nd December 2011, No 214 on “Conversion, with amendments, of Decree Law of 6th December 2011, No 201 “(also known as the Monti Economic Measures ) was published...
Online identity thefts on the increase in Italy
One of the first 2011 year-end considerations to attract a certain interest on the Internet is that regarding the increase of online identity thefts in Italy. In fact, in 2011 many Italian public figures have found...