In a highly discussed (and criticized) move, Italian Privacy Authority (the Garante) has mandated a dramatic shift in email metadata retention policies relating to employees emails’ metadata.
The so-called Transparency Decree has been adopted in Italy, introducing, among others, new information obligations, including new privacy obligations, of the employer towards employees on the use of automated decision-making and monitoring systems.
Access by employees to customers' data has to be subject to stringent privacy restrictions and limitations according to a decision of the Italian data protection authority.
The new Italian Jobs Act provisions open new opportunities for the usage of Internet of Things technologies of "smart working" aimed at monitoring employees in their working activity.