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Garante Privacy (Italian Data Protection Authority)

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Italy police facial‑recognition decree faces EU pushback

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Latest: Italy pushes controversial facial‑recognition law despite EU AI Act objections

In late July 2026 Italy’s highest court tightened oversight of police smartphone seizures, requiring documented justification, prosecutor approval and expert analysis to protect constitutional privacy. The Meloni governm

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Italian regulator GDPR enforcement actions

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Latest: Italian data‑protection authority fines Altroconsumo Edizioni €280,000

In late July 2026 Italy’s data‑protection authority, the Garante, issued two separate fines that illustrate its ongoing enforcement of the GDPR. On 27 July, the regulator fined U.S. data‑broker Lusha Systems €2 million f