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Di Cocco, Claudio; Sartor, Giovanni --- "Courts, privacy and data protection in Italy: Implied constitutional rights" [2017] ELECD 678; in Brkan, Maja; Psychogiopoulou, Evangelia (eds), "Courts, Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Environment" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 138

Book Title: Courts, Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Environment

Editor(s): Brkan, Maja; Psychogiopoulou, Evangelia

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784718701

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: Courts, privacy and data protection in Italy: Implied constitutional rights

Author(s): Di Cocco, Claudio; Sartor, Giovanni

Number of pages: 24

Abstract/Description:

This chapter analyses the development of the rights to privacy and data protection in Italian law. It shows how a fundamental right to privacy first emerged in Italian case law and legal doctrine through the interpretation of some provisions of the Italian Constitution. It then focuses on the evolution of the rights to privacy and data protection after the adoption of the 1996 Italian Data Protection Act, reviewing a range of cases involving privacy issues in different domains as well as the connections between privacy and multiple other interests and rights. It concludes by examining the influence of European courts on the Italian privacy debate and the main patterns of litigation in privacy cases. Keywords: privacy, dignity, data protection, identity, right to oblivion, employment relations, right to defence, freedom of expression, transparency, online marketing, video sharing.