DLP Insights

The Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, which will become fully effective on 25 May 2018, has introduced among others the figure of Data Protection Officer (DPO). In consideration of the first requests for clarifications on their appointment, the Data Protection Authority, in its Newsletter no. 432 of 15 September 2017, has provided specific indications. In particular, ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 19725 dated 8 August 2017, confirmed the principle according to which in the presence of mixed tasks, the analysis aimed at verifying if the employee has the right to achieve higher qualification respect to the one assigned must be performed not on the basis of a simple quantitative ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 19655 dated 10 August 2017, has confirmed the choice of an employer to dismiss one of its employees in order to increase management efficiency and business profit, even if lacking a [financial] crisis situation. In the case in hand, the employer decided to remove a department when a ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 20130 dated 17 August 2017, has once again voiced its opinion on the proportionality of the disciplinary sanction against an employee with respect to the employee’s improper conduct pursuant to art. 2106 of the Italian Civil Code. In the case in hand, the dismissal impacted a member of ....

The date of 25 May 2018 is approaching and the European Personal Data Protection Regulation No.679, entered into force on 26 May 2016, will become fully operational. Therefore, all companies, if they have not yet done so, must promptly ensure to implement all the organizational and technical measure necessary to meet the regulation requirements, in ....