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Italian DPA Publishes Guidelines on Email Tracking Pixels
On April 17, 2026, the Italian data protection authority (the “Garante”) published Provision No. 284 setting out guidelines on the use of “tracking pixels” in emails (the “Guidelines”). This publication closely follows the recommendation issued by the French data protection authority on the same topic, which is discussed in a separate blog post available here. Tracking pixels are...
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Italian DPA Publishes Guidelines on Email Tracking Pixels
On April 17, 2026, the Italian data protection authority (the “Garante”) published Provision No. 284 setting out guidelines on the use of “tracking pixels” in emails (the “Guidelines”). This publication closely follows the recommendation issued by the French data protection authority on the same topic, which is discussed in a separate blog post available here. Tracking pixels are...
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Marketing Compliance. How to Sell Without Violating Privacy
Marketing and privacy are two key elements of modern business that frequently come into conflict. On one hand, marketing strives to know its client as thoroughly as possible — their behavior, interests, and habits. On the other hand, personal data protection laws limit how this data can be collected, analyzed, and used. Regulators around the...
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The implementation of the CRD6 in Italy: comments on selected items regarding third country banks
It has now been four months since Legislative Decree No. 208 of 31 December 2025 (the “Decree“) was published in the Official Gazette, and a number of questions on material aspects remain unanswered. By way of background, the Decree took effect the day after its publication – that is, 9 January 2026. It represents the...
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Platform liability after Russmedia: Italian DPA Fines Platform for Allowing Phone Number in Sex Work Ads Without Consent
By Odia Kagan How far does a platform’s responsibility extend when a user posts someone else’s personal data in a classified ad, especially one involving sensitive subject matter like sex work? The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) recently fined online classifieds platform Bakeca S.r.l. after an unknown user published two ads, including an explicit offer...
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An introduction to the Italian Golden Power Law 2026
General Overview of the Italian Golden Power Law - General Overview - The Italian Golden Power regime constitutes the legal framework governing the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Italy. It grants the Italian government a set of special powers (so-called “poteri speciali”) to intervene in a broad set of transactions including the acquisition of ownership interests, the acquisition of control or availability, the acquisition of voting rights, the granting of security interests, as well as completion of certain extraordinary transactions (including intragroup mergers and/or reorganizations) involving strategic assets or undertakings that hold strategic assets or carry out activities of strategic relevance for the national interest.
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Italian DPA Fines Bank over the Transfer of Customer Data in the Context of a Corporate Transaction
On March 12, 2026, the Italian Data Protection (“Garante”) adopted a decision concerning the transfer of personal data of banking customers from Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (the “Bank”) to Isybank S.p.A., a newly established digital bank within the same corporate group. The Garante found that the Bank’s processing in connection with the transfer of approximately 2.4...
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[Guest post] Wear your trade mark on your sleeve: sponsorship agreements and termination clauses in the football industry
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Edoardo Cesarini (GR Legal) on a recent Italian first instance decision concerning sponsorship agreements. Here’s what Edoardo writes:Wear your trade mark on your sleeve: sponsorship agreements and termination clauses in the football industryby Edoardo CesariniThe only IPKat-approved sleeveIn a recent
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Calls Open: Summer School and Workshop on Consumer Law and Green Rights in the EU
The University of Udine, together with its partners, has announced two exciting opportunities for students, researchers and practitioners interested in European consumer and market law, with a particular focus on sustainability and the circular economy. The first call invites participants to register for the Summer School “Consumer and Market Law in the European Circular Economy”...
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Sign twice to arbitrate abroad? The separate approval requirement for international arbitration clauses between the New York Convention, procedural reforms and recent case law
In two near-simultaneous judgments handed down just two days apart, the Rome Court of Appeal (full text available here) and the Florence Court of Appeal (full text available here) addressed whether an arbitration clause providing for international arbitration must be specifically approved in writing under Article 1341(2) of the Italian Civil Code. Both courts reached...