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ARTICLE · 29 SEPTEMBER 2017

DPA Chairman States Six-Year Data Retention Is Excessive

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The Chairman stated that the data retention period is excessive and introduces data processing patterns that infringe existing law and regulations at the EU level.

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On July 25, the DPA Chairman Antonello Soro testified before the National Security Committee on the recent amendment (source document in Italian) introducing a six-year data retention period for telephone traffic data of Italian users. The Chairman stated that the data retention period is excessive and introduces data processing patterns that infringe existing law and regulations at the EU level.

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