A new Italian court ruling on the DPO liability regime under GDPR in the context of cyber fraud confirms that Data Protection Officers bear no responsibility for cybersecurity breaches caused by their clients' failure to act on documented recommendations.
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
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AI sentiment analysis in the workplace raises critical questions under both the GDPR and the AI Act, as confirmed by a recent warning issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority against Myndoor S.r.l., a company offering a stress-detection plug-in for Slack and Teams corporate chats.
The new framework on NIS2 categorization in Italy introduces significant compliance obligations for entities falling within the scope of the Italian NIS2 regime. The purpose of the categorization exercise is to enable ACN to determine which additional cybersecurity measures will apply depending on the services provided by the relevant entity.
The Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) issued a decision that significantly expands the right of access by former employees to their work related emails putting companies at risk of the disclosure of considerable trade secrets and confidential information. While the ruling reinforces the right of access under Article 15 GDPR, it also creates a difficult — and potentially risky — scenario for businesses handling corporate email accounts.
With its judgment in Brillen Rottler (C-526/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now clarified that, under specific circumstances, a data controller is entitled to refuse an access request — even if it is the first one submitted by the data subject.
