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Employee email metadata and data protection compliance in Italy
Italy's Data Protection Authority (Garante) has now published its ruling on the timing and limits of processing metadata contained in employees' work emails. For employers managing email systems in Italy, the ruling closes a period of uncertainty but opens a new set of compliance questions.
Livio Bossotto, partner and head of A&O Shearman's Employment practice in Italy, and counsel Giorgia Giorgetti provide a detailed update on the Garante's findings.
What does the ruling say about how long employers can retain email metadata? Under what conditions is processing permitted, and what…
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