Self-driving cars rely on a large number of data to work properly and to ensure a safe ride.

The Proposal's overall goal is to promote the provision of financial services in the EU single market, while ensuring the highest consumer protection possible.

This document aims to analyse the main points provided for in the draft "Guidelines for the definition of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan".

On December 21, 2007, the Italian Parliament passed the Budget Law 2008, which finally introduced into the Consumer Code a specific statutory provision (Article 140-bis) giving certain associations the capacity to sue collectively for tort liability, unfair trade practice, and anti-competitive behavior.

The Situation: On January 31, 2018, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on the first Italian product-related class action promoted by a consumers' association.

On March 22, 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims and environmental labels (the "Green Claims Directive").

The Annual Law on Market and Competition for 2021 No. 118/2022 (Law on Competition) entered into force on 27 August 2022, introducing new provisions also pertaining to the electronic communications sector.

In the context of the European Union, talk of consumer protection is nothing new. In fact, there are already four directives specific to the subject:

In a landmark decision, the European Commission (Commission) fined Gucci (Case AT.40840), Chloé (Case AT.40880), and Loewe (Case AT.40881) over $182 million (€157 million) for engaging in resale price maintenance...

The New Law sets forth a new ad hoc opt-in procedure.

Alla fine di ottobre 2022 Banca d'Italia ha pubblicato una comunicazione in materia di Buy Now Pay Later sotto forma di richiamo d'attenzione rivolto principalmente ai consumatori.

Recently the Italian Corte di Cassazione (last instance court) - 3rd Civil Chamber issued a decision (judgment no. 22884 of October 30th, 2007) in a lawsuit, which is generally considered as the leading case on tobacco companies’ liabilities with respect to damages caused to smokers’ health.

From January 1 2009 a new, simplified procedure for small claims will come into effect in the European Union. However, most companies are likely to be caught unprepared by an increase in litigation generated by the new regulation.

Italy has traditionally offered limited scope for collective actions to protect consumers.

On 12 October 2005, the Italian Competition Authority ("the Authority") fined baby milk producers 9.743 million lira for engaging in concerted practices to fix the price of infant food in restraint of competition.

Uproar in the Italian public opinion as the Senate, while debating the annual financial law, approved - on November 16th, 2007, by a two vote’s majority - an amendment (Section 53-bis) to the bill’s original draft text, meant to enforce collective protection for consumers by introducing a class action system.

For years, the Consortium for the Protection of Prosecco DOC has been fighting an uncompromising battle to protect and raise awareness among consumers, especially foreign ones, educating them so that they can recognise so-called "fakes".

One of the key aspects of Industry 4.0 is the importance of the processing of enormous quantities of data (personal and non-personal) for economic, commercial and financial

Italy has enacted landmark legislation targeting greenwashing and social washing in commercial communications, introducing strict new rules that prohibit generic environmental claims, require verifiable commitments...

The 'made in Italy' label is considered a national economic resource, so much so that numerous laws have been passed to protect consumers and Italian enterprises from misleading indications of origin on products.