{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"De Luca &amp; Partners","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/","author_name":"Melismelis","author_url":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/author\/admin\/","title":"Social media profiles and private chats of employees: What are the limits of using such data in disciplinary proceedings? The position of the Italian Data Protection Authority - De Luca &amp; Partners","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CeKqpVxhu6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/social-media-profiles-and-private-chats-of-employees\/\">Social media profiles and private chats of employees: What are the limits of using such data in disciplinary proceedings? The position of the Italian Data Protection Authority<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/social-media-profiles-and-private-chats-of-employees\/embed\/#?secret=CeKqpVxhu6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Social media profiles and private chats of employees: What are the limits of using such data in disciplinary proceedings? The position of the Italian Data Protection Authority&#8221; &#8212; De Luca &amp; Partners\" data-secret=\"CeKqpVxhu6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Influencers-6.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":794,"description":"In Provision No. 288 of May 21, 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority fined an Italian company \u20ac420,000 for unlawful processing of an employee\u2019s personal data later used to justify her dismissal. The case The employee filed a complaint against the company, alleging improper use of her personal data extracted from her \u201cFacebook\u201d profile, the [&hellip;]"}