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Italy: Ruled decree blocking TikTok processing of data of users with undefined age

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Ruled decree blocking TikTok processing of data of users with undefined age

On 22 January 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority ruled a ban on the processing carried out by TikTok of the data of users whose age could not be established with certainty. The reasons for the ruling are TikTok's lack of compliance with the…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2020-12-22
under deliberation

On 22 December 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA) announced that it opened an inves…

2021-01-22
in force

On 22 January 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority ruled a ban on the processing carried out…

2021-02-11
in force

On 11 February 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority extended the ban on the processing carri…

2021-03-15
concluded

On 15 March 2021, the decree of the Italian Data Protection Authority that blocked the processing c…