With the Decision no 277 dated 15th June, 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA), addressed again the matter of the right to be forgotten, stated that whilst the timeframe is a crucial factor, its relevance can be limited if the information, whose cancellation is required, is related to the particular role carried out by the subject in public life.
The Court of Milan, with the judgment no. 7480 published on 4 July 2017, has ruled on copyright by declaring that the right is infringed if the copying artwork is characterized by the same “representative personality that delineates the copied artist’s repertoire “.
The European Court of Human Rights has reiterated the importance of the information that the employee must provide to the worker regarding the possible controls of the business devices used by the employee.
By the order no. 16314 entered on 3 July 2017, the Court of Cassation has taken position on the Board of Auditors’ liability. The Court decided that the statutory Auditors may be held legally liable if they had not assessed a macro violation made by directors or they had not reacted as per provision of law to company’s acts of doubtful legitimacy.