Italy: Compliance

New mandatory workplace safety training regulations under State-Regions Agreement No. 59/2025 introduce comprehensive reforms affecting employers, managers, and supervisors across Italy. The provisions establish stricter requirements for training credits, periodic refresher courses, and immediate onboarding training while expanding the scope of obligations throughout organizational hierarchies.

The Italian Data Protection Authority has ruled against a company that denied a former employee complete access to their corporate email account, clarifying that work-related emails constitute personal data under GDPR. The decision addresses the boundaries of employee data access rights and establishes that employers cannot arbitrarily obscure or withhold work-related correspondence without specific legal justification.

The Italian Data Protection Authority has ruled that digital forensics activities conducted during internal corporate investigations must comply with data protection regulations. Following an anonymous whistleblowing report, a company's forensic examination of a senior executive's email and storage was deemed unlawful due to failures in information provision, data processor appointment, and adherence to data minimisation principles.

The digital revolution in corporate law introduced by EU Directive 2025/25 and its implications for governance and cross-border transactions.

It is well known that e-commerce has radically transformed international trade, making customs regulations increasingly central to the regulation of trade.

The recent ruling No. 27719 of 17 October 2025 by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation (Labour Section) addresses a critical issue for companies operating across...

The Tribunal of Reggio Emilia (9 July 2018) ruled that claims for equity contributions gain super-priority status in the insolvency procedure of a shareholder, at the time when the company recalls

On 8 March 2018, the Italian Data Protection Authority banned any further processing activities of the Customer Care employees' data, which were carried out by an important Italian telecommunication company,,,

In January, the Italian Data Protection Authority authorized a project submitted by a multinational company.