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Legislative Decree 10/08/2018, no. 101 was published in the Official Gazette no. 205 of 4/9/2018, containing “Provisions for the adaptation of national legislation to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)”. ...

EU Regulation 2016/679, relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, introduces the figure of the representative who, in Article 4, paragraph 1, is defined as follows: “17) ‘representative’: a natural or legal person established in the Union who, designated by the controller or the processor in writing pursuant to Article 27, represents them with regard to their respective obligations under this Regulation”. ...

I created the attached map showing the structure of the GDPR.

On January 12, 2018 the advanced training course on personal data protection for professional training of the Data Protection Responsible, better known as Data Protection Officer (DPO), will begin. The course - which enjoys the patronage of the Data Protection Authority - was activated in implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding of April 28, 2017, signed between the National Bar Council (CNF) and the National Council of Engineers (CNI), on a project by the Italian Foundation for Forensic Innovation (FIIF) and thanks to the interest of the two National Councilors Lawyer Carla Secchieri and Engineer Luca Scappini who assume its coordination. ...

2018 starts immediately with a challenging activity. In fact, I will be a speaker at the APPIS 2018 (Applications of Intelligent Systems) conference on behalf of CINFOR (Center for Computer Science and Forensic Innovation - Body of the Bar Association of Foggia). It will be an opportunity to present CINFOR to those outside Italy, which, from my personal point of view, constitutes an undisputed center of excellence for the legal profession and especially for the Apulian one. ...

The IoT is innovative and important phenomenon prone to several services ad applications, but it should consider the legal issues related to the data protection law. However, should be taken into account the legal issues related to the data protection and privacy law. Technological solutions are welcome, but it is necessary, before developing applications, to consider the risks which we cannot dismiss. Personal data is a value. In this context is fundamental to evaluate the legal issues and prevent them, adopting in each project the privacy by design approach. Regarding the privacy and security risks, there are some issues with potential consequences for data security and liability. The IoT system allows us to transfer data on the Internet, including personal data. In this context, it is important to consider the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - already in force from 24 May 2016 - that will be applicable on 25 May 2018. The GDPR introduces Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), data breach notification and very hard administrative fines in respect of infringements of the Regulation. ...

In Europe, the protection of personal data is a fundamental right. Within this framework, the relationship among robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), data protection and privacy has been receiving par- ticular attention, recently, being the most important topics related to data protection and privacy those of Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Liability and Ethics. The present paper describes the main legal issues related to privacy and data protection highlighting the relationship among Big Data, Robotics, Ethics and data protection, trying to address the solution correctly through the European General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) principles. ...

The IoT x.0 phenomenon and blockchain It is difficult to correctly define the Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon, as evidenced by numerous contributions on the subject. Today we are witnessing a profound evolution of IoT to the point of qualifying it as an ecosystem. In recent years, developments in this phenomenon have been evident, which probably became known starting from Nabaztag and communications from various sensors (meters) installed in different parts of the world. Today, however, the phenomenon has evolved and spread so much, also with the development of applications that, on the one hand, have favored the M2M system and on the other have had direct effects on daily life, to the point of affecting lifestyle (smartphones themselves with their applications). ...