A recent and far-reaching decision by the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has significantly altered the rules governing marketing privacy consent in Italy, introducing a potential obligation to adopt a double opt-in mechanism for collecting consent, that exceeds the requirements in other EU countries.

Why This Case Matters: A Shift in Privacy Consent

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On 31 December 2021, the restricted committee of the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) (i) fined Facebook Ireland 60 million euros and Google a total of 150 million euros (i.e., 90 million euros for Google LLC and 60 million euros for Google Ireland Limited) for failing to allow the users of facebook.com, google.fr and
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