I am Nicola Fabiano, a lawyer and independent researcher with a deep passion for technology and personal data protection. For years, I have been dedicated to studying the intersection of technological innovation, ethics, and law, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence, privacy, and European digital regulation.

Professional profile

  • Italian Lawyer, Civil Law Specialist, Entitled to represent clients before the Italian High Courts, Founder of Studio Legale Fabiano
  • Former President of the Data Protection Authority of San Marino
  • Independent Researcher — ORCID | ResearchGate
  • Author of books, articles, essays, and scientific papers
  • Frequent speaker at national and international conferences
  • Here you can find my full CV

My projects

NicFab is my blog, where I explore the latest technological innovations (Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain, Robotics) and write about their impact on ethics, personal data protection, and privacy, in light of current legislation — in Europe, the GDPR, the AI Act, and other digital legislation. Content is available in Italian and English.

DAPPREMO (Data Protection and Privacy Relationships Model) is my creation: an innovative model for personal data protection and privacy, based on set theory and high mathematics.

Newsletter and notifications

I publish a newsletter with insights on privacy, data protection, and digital regulation. You can receive notifications about new content via:

Passions and interests

I am passionate about computer science and technology. I am probably a Mac “addicted”… 😀 I am interested in Linux, Python (I wish I had more time to learn this powerful language), Matrix, and XMPP.

If you’re curious about the apps and services I use daily, with a focus on privacy and self-hosting, I’ve created a dedicated page.

Find all my social and professional links collected in this dedicated page.

How to contact me

Public channels

Private messaging

Secure email

To contact me via email, I prefer encrypted email messages.

You can find my email address by searching for my PGP public key on keys.openpgp.org.

Web Key Directory (WKD)

I have implemented the Web Key Directory (WKD) protocol for my domains (nicfab.eu and fabiano.law):

  • My PGP keys are automatically discovered by your email client
  • No manual exchange of keys necessary
  • Cryptographic verification of authenticity via HTTPS
  • Instant encryption — write the email and the system does the rest

Verify it works:

Alternatively, download my PGP public key from keys.openpgp.org (fingerprint: B98AB2861CEE6C0E0E3BBB47222BE40EDECF70CF).

ProtonMail — If you are a ProtonMail user, please send me encrypted email messages only.

Confidential reporting

Hush Line is a secure tip line for whistleblowers or sources who wish to remain anonymous.

  • Whistleblowers do not need an account
  • All messages are end-to-end encrypted
  • Native Tor Onion Service for greater anonymity

PGP-verified identities

DNS verification for the nicfab.eu domain, its subdomains, and the XMPP domain nicfab.chat, all signed via PGP:

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Things I love

The Muppets Show

Kermit the Frog ©Disney (retrieved from https://muppets.disney.com)
Mahna Mahna - The Muppets Show (1977) - Credits macadamia8662

I love Jazz

Image by Sepp from Pixabay
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