As a result of a complex process also involving the European Data Protection Board, the Italian Data Protection Authority has definitively approved the requirements for the accreditation of the Monitoring Bodies to which the Regulation EU 2016/679 confers the task of monitoring the compliance with the provisions of the codes of conduct drawn up by associations and other bodies representing categories of controllers or processors after the approval by the competent supervisory authority.

With the judgment dated as of July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the invalidity of the decision of the Commission (EU) 2016/1250, establishing the so-called “Privacy Shield”, i.e. the mechanism, based on an official agreement between the Union and the United States of America, which until now has been regulating the overseas transfer of personal data of European citizens, deeming it as unsuitable to ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data.

With COVID emergency and the consequent lockdown, the number of people who use internet and digital devices has increased considerably. The number of cases of “digital infection”,  particularly from ransomware, has increased accordingly. The Italian Data Protection Authority has recently published an informative guide lines regarding preventive methods to be adopted.