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Italy: Investigation into Google for alleged misuse of data for commercial purposes

Progress

Current status
in force
12 Oct 2022 in force
16 Nov 2021 in force
20 Aug 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
software provider: other software
Government Branch
judiciary
executive
Government Body
court
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

12 Oct 2022
in force

Rejected Google appeal of EUR 10 million fine for misuse of data for commercial purposes

On 12 October 2022, the Regional Administrative Court for Lazio rejected the appeal filed by Google against the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato- CMA) fine of EUR 10 million. The court uphe…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
16 Nov 2021
in force

Issued EUR 10 million fine to Google for misuse of data for commercial purposes

On 16 November 2021, the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato-CMA) imposed a fine of EUR 10 million on Google for violating the Italian Consumer Code and data protection regulations. In particul…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
20 Aug 2020
under deliberation

Announced investigation into Google for alleged misuse of data for commercial purposes

On 20 August 2020, the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato- CMA) opened a preliminary investigation into Google over alleged violations of the Italian Consumer Code and data protection regulati…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority