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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. ...

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). ...