The Italian government with its Legislative decree of 8 March 2020, suspended all educational activities from kindergartens to universities for children/students and their teachers. In the same decree a provision for teaching methods at a distance was activated. As a result of the same, the Italian Data Protection Authority in answer to the questions/reports received from the schools’ DPO, teachers and families, regarding the processing a preliminary guide on how schools and universities should use such tools, guaranteeing the protection of the personal data of the students, their families and their teachers.

In light of the approval, of the “Shared Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace” (the “Protocol”) on March 14, 2020, we deem necessary to update our previous newsletter having as object the relationship between the autonomous initiatives of employers in order to manage the emergency related to the spread of the COVID-19 virus (“Coronavirus”) and the legislation on the protection of personal data.