Privacy and data protection

With a team of specialized professionals, the Firm advises clients in all issues connected to privacy and data protection.

The Firm counsels several corporations in the adoption, management and update of sound privacy tools, methods and internal procedures for handling sensitive data in full respect of always changing privacy legislation, as well as in the drafting and keeping of all relevant documents (preliminary assessment reports on security and data processing, contract models and clauses, informative reports, appointments of Data Protection Officers, privacy and cookie policies, protocols for monitoring and risk assessment). The data protection team of the Firm provides daily practical advice on privacy-related issues and concerns, navigating the complexity of differentiated legislation worldwide and the specifications of the Authority for Data Protection. The Firm also organizes training for businesses on the topics of data protection and security and has acquired vast expertise specifically on protection and processing of health data.

The Firm has supported companies in the process of implementation of the new rules prescribed by EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). The Firm’s specialists regularly advise and represent clients before Privacy Authorities, such the Italian “Garante della Privacy”, as well as in court litigation.

Such consolidated experience in the field of privacy law allows the Firm to fully support and advise also private individuals who may have suffered violations of their privacy or unlawful processing of data.

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02/10/2024

Published volumes “Artificial Intelligence Law” by Ugo Ruffolo and Andrea Amidei

The two volumes “Artificial Intelligence Law. Volume I – Liability. Contract. Regulation. Autonomous Vehicles” and “Artificial Intelligence Law. Volume II – Industrial and Intellectual Property. CorpTech. Predictive justice. Transhumanism. Generative AI. Metaverse” by Ugo Ruffolo and Andrea Amidei, published by LUISS University Press, which inaugurate the series “The Rules of Innovation”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and Prof. Antonio Nuzzo, are now available.

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10/09/2024

Artificial Intelligence and Law Seminar Cycle 2024

Also this year, a cycle of seminars on new technologies, Artificial Intelligence and law, coordinated by Prof. Ugo Ruffolo, will be held as part of the School of Law and the School of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.

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02/04/2024

“Rights in the platforms" - 3 April 2024 - La Sapienza University of Rome

On 3 April 2024 Prof. Ruffolo will hold a conference on the subject of "rights in platforms" organised by La Sapienza University of Rome - Department of Legal and Economic Studies. The event will constitute a qualified opportunity to discuss the profiles, both public and civil law, of the dialectic between the rights and duties of platforms and users, also with regard to the evolution of European legislation.

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13/11/2023

Artificial Intelligence, Medical Devices and Law - Conference 16 November 2023 - State Attorney General’s Office

On November 16, 2023, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker at the Conference entitled “Artificial Intelligence, Medical Devices and Law” organized by the State Attorney General's Office.

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25/09/2023

The Metaverse: Law in a new dimension? - 27 September 2023 - Permanent Seminar on Intelligent Machines and Law - Luiss Guido Carli University

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the first of a series of seminar meetings chaired by Prof. Ugo Ruffolo will be held at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, during which the many issues of legal mediation related to the use of new technologies and Artificial Intelligence will be discussed.

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04/10/2021

Seminars on Artificial Intelligence and Law 2021

Also this year, in the months of October, November and December 2021, a cycle of seminars on "Artificial Intelligence and Law" will be held ib Bologna, organized by the School of Law and the Higher School of Legal Studies of Bologna and coordinated by Prof. Ruffolo. The first seminar will be held on October 7, 2021, from 3pm to 5pm.

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22/06/2021

"XXVI lezioni di Diritto dell’Intelligenza Artificiale", edited by Prof. Ruffolo, Giappichelli, 2021

The new book "XXVI lezioni di Diritto dell'Intelligenza Artificiale", edited by Prof. Ruffolo and published by Giappichelli, is now available.

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04/06/2021

AI and Regulation - University of Bologna, 8 June 2021

On 8 June 2021, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker at the webinar organised by Prof. Monica Palmirani (CIRSFID - Alma-AI University of Bologna), which will be dedicated to the topic “AI and Regulation”.

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11/05/2021

Business law and new technologies - LUISS School of Law 13 May 2021

On 13 May 2021, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker in the webinar dedicated to the topic “Business Law and New Technologies”, organized by the Luiss School of Law within the Research Center Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Infrastructures and Life Sciences (BILL).

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03/06/2020

Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics

The book “Intelligenza Artificiale – Il diritto, i diritti, l’etica”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and published by Giuffrè Francis-Lefebvre, is now available.

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20/04/2020

Covid-19, contact tracing and privacy

As in China, Singapore and South Korea, a contact tracing app is also being developed in Italy. The app will be able, during the so-called "Phase 2" of the health emergency, to monitor the individual's contacts with infected subjects, based on the recording of the position of the individual’s smartphone with respect to other devices.

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16/04/2020

The Firm is fully operational

The Firm, while complying with the provisions aimed at containing the Covid-19 infection, is fully operational and continues to offer assistance to its customers.

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13/03/2020

Covid-19’s impact on businesses and citizens

The current state of emergency relating to the spread of Covid-19 (“Coronavirus”), also following the measures adopted by the Government to contain the spread of contagion, places businesses, but also individual citizens, in the face of new problems, also of a legal nature

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23/09/2019

Innovation in healthcare: the role of Artificial Intelligence

On September 23, 2019 Professor Ruffolo is going to speak at the Convention and Round Table dedicated to the topic “Innovation in healthcare: the role of Artificial Intelligence”, organized by the University of Bari. Several others authoritative experts of the field are going to take part to the event, including physicians, engineers and entrepreneurs.

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03/05/2018

Compliance with the new data protection rules (EU Regulation 2016/679)

The Firm provides assistance to national and foreign businesses, private and public, as well as to professional, in the management of the compliance with the new EU Regulation.

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16/09/2016

Prof. Ruffolo’s speech at the Convention on “Government of the Internet and economic development” - Chamber of Deputies, September 16, 2016

The Convention will deal with the issues related to the protection of the individual’s right of access to the internet.

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