Credits: European Commission

Digital Omnibus: Cookies, GDPR and AI Training - New European Privacy Rules

The Digital Omnibus Package introduces profound changes to GDPR and cookie rules: new consent exceptions, automated signals, and legitimate interest for AI training. Critical analysis of implications for privacy and fundamental rights.

20 November 2025 · 17 min · NicFab
Credits: European Commission

Digital Omnibus on AI: European Commission Proposes Simplifications to the AI Act

On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published the Digital Omnibus on AI, a proposal to amend the AI Act introducing significant simplifications: flexible timelines, centralized governance at the AI Office, extension of privileges to mid-caps, and new rules on sensitive data processing for bias mitigation.

19 November 2025 · 9 min · NicFab
EDPS Generative AI Guidelines - Version 2 - October 2025

EDPS Releases Revised Guidelines on Generative AI: Strengthening Data Protection in the Digital Era

In-depth analysis of the new EDPS guidelines (version 2) on the use of generative AI systems and compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. 16 key questions for EU institutions and bodies.

28 October 2025 · 15 min · NicFab
AI and Privacy Conference - Book Launch - Rome October 10, 2025

AI and Privacy: The Balance Between Innovation, Knowledge and Ethics in the Digital Age

Video of the conference held on October 10, 2025 in Rome for the presentation of the book ‘Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Neural Networks: The Balance Between Innovation, Knowledge and Ethics in the Digital Age’.

11 October 2025 · 3 min · NicFab
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The paper on Affective Computing and Emotional Data is now on arXiv

📚 NOW ON ARXIV: “Affective Computing and Emotional Data: Challenges and Implications in Privacy Regulations, The AI Act, and Ethics in Large Language Models.” I’m pleased to share that my research paper is now publicly available on arXiv. 🎯 Core Question: How should we regulate AI systems that can recognize and respond to human emotions? 📊 Key Topics Covered: • Emotional intelligence in Large Language Models (ChatGPT, Claude) • Transformation of human emotions into processable data • GDPR classification of emotional data as sensitive information • EU AI Act implications for emotion recognition systems • Case study: OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4.5 emotional capabilities ...

26 September 2025 · 2 min · NicFab
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The EU Court of Justice Clarifies the Limits of Pseudonymization: Data Remains Personal for Those Who Hold the Key

The EU Court of Justice Clarifies the Limits of Pseudonymization: Data Remains Personal for Those Who Hold the Key The EDPS/SRB Case: When Pseudonymized Opinions Remain Personal Data The recent Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber) of 4 September 2025 in the Case C-413/23 P of 4 September 2025 provides essential clarifications on the nature of pseudonymized data and transparency obligations for data controllers, with significant implications for anyone managing data sharing processes with third parties. ...

7 September 2025 · 9 min · NicFab
AI Act

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

✨ I am thrilled to announce that the Italian edition of my new book entitled “Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Privacy: Striking a Balance between Innovation, Knowledge, and Ethics in the Digital Age”, published by goWare – Florence. My sincere thanks go to Danilo Mandic and Carlo Morabito for their valuable forewords and to Guido Scorza for the introduction, all of which greatly enrich the volume. Full details of my new book are available on this page. ...

3 June 2025 · 1 min · NicFab

Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Privacy

MY NEW BOOK 📖 Book Information Title: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Privacy Subtitle: Striking a Balance between Innovation, Knowledge, and Ethics in the Digital Age Author: Nicola Fabiano Forewords: Danilo P. Mandic (Imperial College London - IEEE Member - Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Laboratory, AIDA-Lab) and Carlo Morabito (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria) Introduction: Guido Scorza (Member of the Italian Data Protection Authority) Publisher: ‎ goWare - Florence (Italy) Publication date: ‎ 11 June 2025 Language: ‎ English Print length: ‎ 284 pages ISBN-10: ‎ 8833636844 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-8833636849 Weight: ‎ ‎ 494 g Dimensions: ‎ 15.24 x 1.63 x 22.86 cm ...

29 May 2025 · 4 min · Nicola Fabiano
Documento di analisi n. 31

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

The Impact Assessment Office publishes Analysis Paper No. 31

24 July 2024 · 1 min · NicFab
Cryptgeon

Cryptgeon: A short guide to self-hosting

An excellent service for secure data and file transfer

7 July 2024 · 5 min · NicFab