Processing Of Personal Data For On-Line Profiling Purposes: The New Guidelines Issued By The Garante

The Italian Garante has issued new guidelines to clarify privacy requirements by which data controllers should abide in creating user profiles. These new guidelines have been effective since 6 May 2015, when they were published on the Official Gazette, and are addressed to private entities operating in Italy providing online services, such as search engines, electronic mail services, video streaming services, social networks and electronic payment services.

In particular, if they use personal data to profile users' habits on the web, such entities shall:

1. provide an information notice set out in progressive levels, the first of which should be accessible on the home page;