Ryan Calo writes: Reading through Italian news coverage of the Google Italy case, another picture emerges. User privacy may well be at issue, but not in the way you probably think. I grew up in Italy and now research and teach Internet law in the United States. When I heard about the verdict against three…
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Italy’s Privacy Guarantor Stops the use of Google Analytics — Data transferred to the USA without adequate guarantees
(Machine translation): The website that uses the Google Analytics (GA) service, without the guarantees provided by the EU Regulation, violates the data protection legislation because it transfers user data to the United States, a country without an adequate level of protection. This was stated by the Privacy Guarantor at the conclusion of a complex investigation…
Google meets Italy’s demands on data use practices
Stephen Jewkes reports: Italy’s data privacy regulator on Friday said Alphabet’s Google had met its requests to change the way it treats and stores user data to bring practices into line with Italian rules. Two years ago, the watchdog told Google its disclosure to users on how their data was being treated was inadequate, giving it…
Italy gives Google 18 months to change data use practices
Danilo Masoni and Leila Abboud report: Italy’s data protection regulator has given Google 18 months to change the way it treats and stores user data, bringing to an end an investigation that is part of a European drive to reform the internet giant’s privacy practices. Regulators in several European nations including Italy began a joint…