Italy: IT and Internet

The European Commission's proposed EU Kids Act introduces sweeping new requirements for digital service providers, establishing a harmonised age threshold of 15 for social media access and mandating safety-by-design principles across online platforms. This comprehensive regulatory framework fundamentally reshapes how providers must verify ages, design interfaces, and protect minors in the digital space, with sanctions reaching up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover for non-compliance.

Following in the footsteps of many other countries, the Italian Government approved on 15 October 2019 the introduction of a Digital Services Tax (DST) coming into effect from 1 January 2020.

The Italian Garante has issued new guidelines to clarify privacy requirements by which data controllers should abide in creating user profiles.