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“Employers may not geolocate employees working remotely.” This was the position expressed by the Italian Data Protection Authority (i.e. “Garante per la protezione dei dati personali”), which imposed a €50,000 fine on a company that tracked the geographic location of randomly selected employees on days they were performing their duties remotely.  The case  The Authority’s ....

On January 16, 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority (i.e. “Garante per la protezione dei dati personali”) issued a decision, publicly disclosed through its institutional newsletter on March 21, 2025, imposing a fine of €50,000 on a transport company for unlawfully monitoring approximately 50 employees using a GPS system installed in company vehicles. The Authority ....

By judgment of 26 September 2023, no. 46188, the Italian Court of Cassation, Third Chamber, ruled on the components necessary for the offence referred to in Article 4 of Italian Law no. 300 of 1970 (the “Workers’ Charter”) stating that the installation of a video surveillance system without the authorisation required by law does not ....

With Order No. 26697 of 21 September 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that an employer can deny the holidays requested by a worker to avoid exceeding the limit of the job retention period only in the event that there are actual and genuine obstacles. The facts of the case The matter originated from ....

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ensuring that the United States of America guarantees an adequate level of protection of personal data comparable to that of the European Union. The adequacy decision is one of the tools provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the ....