The Google trial in Italy: the motivation behind the conviction

Summary. On april the 12 the document with the judgement was finally released. The document shows the motivation behind the conviction of the three Google’s executives in Italy and provides more insight in the case and on the rules of law the conviction was based on. I’ve been talking extensively about the trial, the indictment and the verdict when [...]

The Google Files in Italy, a short summary about the trial, two or three notes and some misconceptions.

The following post will cover what happened in the Google executives’ trial in Itay from a legal point of view .
It explains which criminal sections were in the indictment, how they work, how the Electronic Commerce directive exempion works in Italy and why the electronic Commerce Directive did not apply in that particular case.
We still do not have the complete ruling (only the verdict).
My best guess, so is that the possible mistake made by Google is that they did not go for a formal consulting with the Italian Privacy Authority following the rule of sect. 17 before launching the service. It would have provided them with advice on how to deal with possible situations like this one, where users committed a crime (failing to comply with Data Protection code) using their service.
But even this is not a solution in my opinion, as it would require a service like Google Video or YouTube to ask each country for their specific rulings and exceptions, leading to a very complex legal situation.

Segnalazione di servizio

Domani mattina sarò ospite, insieme a Marco Montemagno, della trasmissione L’Italia che verrà su Odeon, in onda alle 12.55. Parleremo di sicurezza e privacy a partire dal caso che ha visto coinvolta l’Agenzia delle Entrate e la pubblicazione delle dichiarazioni dei redditi degli italiani. Per chi vuole e può, quindi, ci vediamo la :).

Dichiarazioni dei redditi online, il Garante: stop anche agli utenti

Dopo tante polemiche finalmente è arrivato il parere ufficiale del Garante per la protezione dei dati personali in merito all’iniziativa dell’Agenzia delle entrate la quale ha reso accessibili via internet, sebbene per poche ore, tutti i dati riguardanti le dichiarazioni dei redditi degli italiani per l’anno 2005 comprensive dei nominativi dei contribuenti. In sintesi, le [...]