Archive

2025  12

July  4

EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2025 on SME Record-Keeping Simplification

10 July 2025 · 1 min · NicFab

The European Commission Launches Public Consultations on the Future of EU Data Legislation

9 July 2025 · 3 min · NicFab

EU Commission Rejects «Stop the Clock» open letter appeal

7 July 2025 · 2 min · NicFab

International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2025 - Rome

5 July 2025 · 3 min · NicFab

June  5

Caffè 2.0 with Valentino Spataro: A conversation about Artificial Intelligence and the future

26 June 2025 · 3 min · NicFab

AI Revolution in Europe: New AI-on-Demand Portal Launched

25 June 2025 · 3 min · NicFab

The 2025 G7 Leaders adopted the statement on AI for Prosperity

17 June 2025 · 1 min · NicFab

EU Commission Launches High-Risk AI Systems Consultation

6 June 2025 · 2 min · NicFab

My new book on AI, Privacy, and Neural Networks is out.

3 June 2025 · 1 min · NicFab

February  3

Artificial intelligence in education and training

17 February 2025 · 9 min · NicFab

AI Act Liability

12 February 2025 · 3 min · NicFab

AI Act - First application

2 February 2025 · 1 min · NicFab

2024  18

October  3

Judgment of the Court in Case C-446/21 (Communication of data to the general public)

4 October 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

Judgment of the Court in Case C-21/23 - The online sale of medicines requires the data subject’s consent

4 October 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

Judgment of the Court in Case C-548/21 (Attempt to access personal data stored on a mobile telephone)

4 October 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

September  3

Judgment of the Court in Case C-768/21 (Obligation of the data protection authority to act)

26 September 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

AI Act Infographic

9 September 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence opened for signature

5 September 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

July  10

The EDPS published the Model Administrative Arrangement for transfers of personal data

31 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

The European Commission published the Second Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation

30 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

The European Commission published a document on open data and AI.

29 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

The NIST published the report on AI, Risk management, and GAI

28 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

X activated by default Grok, which unaware users train with their personal data.

26 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

OECD: Seeking your views: Public consultation on risk thresholds for advanced AI systems – Deadline 10 September

26 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

Italian Senate: Published the analysis paper Artificial intelligence: governance, accountability and privacy.

24 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

The AI Act has been published - Regulation 2024/1689

12 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

United Nations University Artificial Intelligence Network

11 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab

Cryptgeon: A short guide to self-hosting

7 July 2024 · 5 min · NicFab

May  1

Restic: excellent resource for local and cloud backup

14 May 2024 · 6 min · NicFab

March  1

The EU AI Act will be passed soon: an overview of the current status

7 March 2024 · 3 min · NicFab

2023  14

November  1

The OECD modified the definition of the AI system

9 November 2023 · 1 min · NicFab

October  1

Global Encryption Day 2023

21 October 2023 · 5 min · NicFab

September  1

List of the main European Legislation on digital matters

21 September 2023 · 3 min · NicFab

July  3

Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): an evergreen category - part 2

27 July 2023 · 5 min · NicFab

Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): an evergreen category - part 1

24 July 2023 · 9 min · NicFab

Nym Mixnet: one of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)?

22 July 2023 · 4 min · NicFab

April  1

SimpleX Chat: an app for instant messaging that respects privacy

29 April 2023 · 5 min · NicFab

February  3

Digital Markets Act: the second stakeholders’ workshop on the interoperability organized by the EU Commission

28 February 2023 · 6 min · NicFab

Digital identity: Web Key Directory as a possible solution

20 February 2023 · 4 min · NicFab

Digital Service Act: EU Commission Questions and Answers on identification and counting of active recipients of the service under the DSA

3 February 2023 · 13 min · NicFab

January  4

SearXNG: the open and privacy-respecting metasearch engine

27 January 2023 · 4 min · NicFab

EU NIS 2 directive: does it apply to anyone who provides free online digital services?

17 January 2023 · 11 min · NicFab

Homebrew: the simple but powerful package manager

16 January 2023 · 4 min · NicFab

Main EDPB Documents (updated on 12/1/2023)

12 January 2023 · 33 min · NicFab

2022  40

December  2

Summary of contributions published over the past year and considerations of new challenges

12 December 2022 · 14 min · NicFab

Small tips for the proper use of the e-mail

4 December 2022 · 9 min · NicFab

November  1

The Fediverse: what is it and how does it work?

17 November 2022 · 9 min · NicFab

October  2

Web3 is a reality and not the future: some privacy aspects

17 October 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

NicFab digital ecosystem

11 October 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

August  3

Presearch: our review of a valid search engine based on the Ethereum blockchain

30 August 2022 · 7 min · NicFab

Are you aware of the privacy impact of online searches and thus the right choice of search engine? (updated)

23 August 2022 · 13 min · NicFab

What solutions to communicate securely while respecting privacy?

18 August 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

July  3

HedgeDoc: collaborative tool for writing in markdown

5 July 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

Data Protection and privacy between European digital sovereignty and Digital Markets Act (DMA)

4 July 2022 · 11 min · NicFab

The «fediverse»: a conversation with Punit Bhatia.

1 July 2022 · 1 min · NicFab

June  6

The Fediverse: we will talk with Punit Bhatia

26 June 2022 · 1 min · NicFab

News of the week 25/2022 from our «Privacy Community»

23 June 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

To be «IM apps addicted» or not to be, that is the question. Choose to be free: Snikket, the system messaging based on XMPP protocol.

13 June 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

Persisting with Whatsapp use: how to persevere unknowingly. The whys of our «No»

10 June 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

May 2022 activities

6 June 2022 · 2 min · NicFab

Zabbix: excellent resource for SysAdmins.

6 June 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

May  3

Our Lemmy Community in the «fediverse»: Privacy Community

23 May 2022 · 9 min · NicFab

The «fediverse»: here is the federated universe in the Internet network.

19 May 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

The «fediverse». Mastodon: open-source social network

8 May 2022 · 7 min · NicFab

April  1

How to create a script to upgrade some bridges and plugins for Matrix

21 April 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

March  4

Digital Markets Act (DMA) and interoperability: encryption and privacy at risk for messaging systems?

28 March 2022 · 5 min · NicFab

RegEx: a well known, powerful tool in computer science and also valid in the legal field

28 March 2022 · 7 min · NicFab

Mermaid: a powerful tool for making diagrams and graphs with Markdown

22 March 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

Privacy in email communication: we should use encryption by default

1 March 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

February  8

IA & Nuove Forme di Discriminazione

25 February 2022 · 1 min · NicFab

Taio: a complete environment which is Clipboard, powerful Markdown editor and Actions

25 February 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

Typewriter: excellent and powerful free Markdown editor

18 February 2022 · 6 min · NicFab

The proposed regulation on ’ePrivacy’: the current status between the chronology of events and some considerations

15 February 2022 · 25 min · NicFab

Standard Notes: app for writing notes

14 February 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

Joplin: app for writing notes and taking notes

7 February 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

Session: a blockchain-based messaging app that protects user privacy

3 February 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

MailCow: the solution for managing your own mail server

2 February 2022 · 10 min · NicFab

January  7

DeltaChat: app to communicate securely simply with your email that respects your privacy

31 January 2022 · 9 min · NicFab

“Data Protection Day 2022”

28 January 2022 · 4 min · NicFab

“Studio Legale Fabiano has a new website with Hugo”

28 January 2022 · 2 min · NicFab

MailMate: a powerful client email for MacOS Markdown integrated email composition

13 January 2022 · 10 min · NicFab

“Our Blog ‘NicFab’ is now on Hugo”

11 January 2022 · 1 min · NicFab

Obsidian (part 3) & Pandoc

6 January 2022 · 8 min · NicFab

Mat2: enhance your privacy by deleting metadata from files

3 January 2022 · 7 min · NicFab

2021  17

December  12

Waiting for 2022 …

31 December 2021 · 1 min · NicFab

XMPP: the secure communication protocol that respects privacy

30 December 2021 · 10 min · NicFab

How to install Matomo on Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS with NGINX and MariaDB or MySQL

29 December 2021 · 7 min · NicFab

Matrix: the protocol for secure communication that respects privacy

28 December 2021 · 14 min · NicFab

Cactus Comments: a solution respecting privacy for the websites built with Hugo

26 December 2021 · 7 min · NicFab

Happy holiday season!

24 December 2021 · 1 min · NicFab

Matomo

21 December 2021 · 3 min · NicFab

Obsidian (part 2)

20 December 2021 · 11 min · NicFab

Obsidian (part 1)

16 December 2021 · 6 min · NicFab

Hugo

13 December 2021 · 4 min · NicFab

Here we are!

11 December 2021 · 1 min · NicFab

ePrivacy Regulation: the current Perspective

7 December 2021 · 12 min · NicFab

November  1

XMPP is a solution that allows users to have control over their personal information: our choice Snikket

22 November 2021 · 8 min · NicFab

April  1

Whatsapp? No thanks, I prefer to have control over my data

27 April 2021 · 4 min · NicFab

March  3

Our Matrix Server matrix.nicfab.it is online

31 March 2021 · 1 min · NicFab

Aware digital communication respecting privacy and the apps or services you choose

18 March 2021 · 13 min · NicFab

Consciously looking at messaging apps: when users want broad freedom and full control over their data

8 March 2021 · 8 min · NicFab

2020  8

October  2

DAPPREMO: what it is and how to apply the innovative approach to privacy (P1)

29 October 2020 · 2 min · NicFab

22 October 2020 - Privacy: orienting in the evolution of phenomena

21 October 2020 · 1 min · NicFab

September  1

GDPR & Privacy: awareness and opportunities. The approach with the Data Protection and Privacy Relationships Model (DAPPREMO)

24 September 2020 · 2 min · NicFab

July  2

The Court of Justice invalidates adequacy Decision 2016/1250 - Data Protection Shield

16 July 2020 · 2 min · NicFab

Sacrificing Your Privacy in the Fight Against Covid-19: What You Need To Know

15 July 2020 · 4 min · NicFab

April  2

Contact tracing and privacy: an oxymoron. Any technical solution is neutral compared to privacy laws

14 April 2020 · 16 min · NicFab

COVID19 and tracking apps: an aware approach based on privacy and data protection rules

6 April 2020 · 3 min · NicFab

March  1

Coronavirus emergency and privacy: valid the juridical approach to the GDPR

19 March 2020 · 10 min · NicFab

2019  9

December  1

Digital life and privacy: are we fighting against ourselves?

30 December 2019 · 2 min · NicFab

September  2

The meaning of scientific research on privacy and personal data protection in international contexts

17 September 2019 · 4 min · NicFab

Facial recognition: the Swedish data protection authority fines a school

2 September 2019 · 9 min · NicFab

August  3

Best Paper Award - The Meaning of Accountability, Responsibility and Liability in the GDPR: Proposal for an Ontology

22 August 2019 · 2 min · NicFab

Thanks Giovanni!

21 August 2019 · 3 min · NicFab

8thInternational Conference on e-Democracy: Call for papers (deadline extended)

2 August 2019 · 5 min · NicFab

July  1

The operator of a website that features a Facebook ‘Like’ button can be a controller jointly with Facebook in respect of the collection and transmission to Facebook of the personal data of visitors to its website

29 July 2019 · 1 min · NicFab

May  2

GDPR one year later: awareness firstly

26 May 2019 · 5 min · NicFab

The ethics of data: an interview with Nicola Fabiano

23 May 2019 · 1 min · NicFab

2017  2

December  2

Internet of Things and Blockchain: legal issues and privacy. The challenge for a privacy standard

22 December 2017 · 29 min · NicFab

Robotics, big data, ethics and data protection: a matter of approach

22 December 2017 · 12 min · NicFab