The European Commission is taking legal action, through various rulings, against Member States that fail to fulfil the obligations laid out by EU law. These decisions, adopted periodically, aim to guarantee the proper application of European law for the benefit of both citizens and businesses. One of the most recent rulings to be adopted addresses […]
Author Archives: PG Legal
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Jan
Jan
On 22 November, EBA published its Guidelines on remote customer due diligence requirements related to AML, in the context of the so-called remote onboarding solutions. The Guidelines implement the request addressed, on September 2020, by the European Commission to EBA related to Digital Finance Strategy for the EU. They focus on the measures that credit […]
In data 22 novembre l’EBA ha pubblicato le Linee Guida sul rispetto degli obblighi di adeguata verifica a distanza della clientela in materia di antiriciclaggio, nel contesto delle soluzioni c.d. di remote onboarding. Le Linee guida attuano la richiesta che la Commissione europea ha rivolto all’EBA nella propria comunicazione del settembre 2020 relativa alla Strategia […]
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Jan
Jan
On 4 January 2023, the Irish Data Protection Authority (Data Protection Commission) announced that it had imposed two sanctions on Meta Ireland, of EUR 210 million for GDPR violations relating to Facebook and EUR 180 million for violations relating to Instagram, respectively. The inquiry carried out by the Irish Authority had been initiated following two […]
Il 4 gennaio 2023 l’Autorità per la protezione dei dati irlandese (Data Protection Commission) ha reso noto di aver comminato due sanzioni a Meta Ireland, rispettivamente di 210 milioni di euro per le violazioni del GDPR relative al servizio Facebook e di 180 milioni di euro per le violazioni relative al servizio Instagram. L’indagine svolta […]
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Aug
With urgent measure issued on 7 July 2022, the Italian Privacy Authority warned the Tik Tok platform that, in the absence of explicit consent, it is unlawful to process personal data stored on users’ devices in order to profile them and send them personalised advertising. The case had resulted from the announcement in June 2022 […]
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On 18 May 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority issued an interesting opinion, at the request of an insurance company, concerning the correct identification of the subjective role of credit institutions that process customers’ personal data in the activity of distributing insurance policies. In providing the above-mentioned opinion, the Authority referred to the general regulatory […]
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May
May
With an injunction order dated 7 April 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority sanctioned a commercial company for €20,000.00, as it had used a customer’s data without consent and had also failed to comply with a request to exercise the data subject’s rights to obtain information on the processing of his data. The latter, in […]
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May
With its recent judgment of 28 April 2022, rendered in case C-319/20, the Court of Justice of the European Union held that consumer associations could act against violations of the right to privacy, even in the absence of a specific delegation by the injured party, and even as a preventive measure. The judgment was handed down following action for an injunction brought by German […]
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Last 3 March 2022, the new Decree of the Ministry ofr Health of 30 November 2021, published in the Official Journal on 19 February 2022, came into force, containing measures aimed at facilitating and supporting the implementation of non-profit clinical trials of medicinal products and observational studies and regulating the transfer of data and results […]