It is possible to send opt-in messages to request privacy consent to direct marketing communications in Italy according to the Court of Rome.
The first GDPR fine for lack of compliance of cookies is issued in Belgium, where the regulator also sent a warning to the market.
CCTV cameras and in general, video surveillance systems are exponentially becoming intrusive but generate substantial data protection law issues according to the EDPB.
The investigations of the privacy authority led to € 11 million fines, with 65 inspections performed in Italy, 1,300 investigated entities, and a detailed plan for the second half of 2019.
The position of the European Court of Justice in the Planet 49 case on consent required for the acceptance of cookies might impact the approach previously validated by the Italian data protection authority on the matter.
Gambling and video gaming companies risk not to be compliant with the GDPR since they adopt a merely formal approach, while the EU privacy regulation could impact their model of business.
The new Italian privacy rules on commercial information remove considerable restrictions on access by companies to such data, granting the opportunity to exploit new categories of data.
Privacy compliance might no longer be the same after the $ 5 billion fine against Facebook to be issued by the Federal Trade Commission following the Cambridge Analytica case.
The new European regulations on drones introduce a single set of rules that unveil substantial opportunities for companies interested to use them in their business.
The data protection authority in Italy sanctioned Facebook due to the breach of privacy laws following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.