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Whatsapp conversations: do not constitute proof without the material device
- Tuesday 27 February 2018
- Digital Forensics
This is the opinion of the 5th Criminal Chamber of the Italian Supreme Court in its decision n. 49016 of October 25th, 2017, where it analyze the issues relating to the role whatsapp conversation can play in trials. In the specific case, the defendant indicted for the crime of stalking &ndash...
Employee controls: NLI guidelines no. 5/2018 of February 19th 2018
- Friday 23 February 2018
- Diritto del Lavoro, Privacy
- Italia
Guidelines no. 5/2018 of NLI provides operational instruction regarding the issues relating to the set up and use of audiovisual equipment and other control instruments, which may also enable the possibility of remotely controlling workers’ activities. Investigation of applications ...
Cyberstalking: photos and videos posted on social networks could constitute the crime of stalking
- Tuesday 20 February 2018
- Cyber security, Digital Crime
With the recent ruling n. 57764 of December 28th 2017, the Fifth Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court has, once again, addressed the issue concerning the crime of stalking - ex art. 612 bis - c.p., when the harassing or behaviors typical of the said criminal offense are perpetrated through the ...
The Legislative Decree n. 216/2017 on the interception through the use of the trojan software
- Friday 16 February 2018
- Cyber security, Digital Forensics, Novità legislative
Legislative Decree n. 216/2017 introduces the use of the trojan software during investigations. The new rules certainly allow to make use of it in respect to the criminal offenses of organized crime and terrorism. But doubts remain on the concrete possibility of making use of the newly introduced...
E-commerce and duties relating to the Online Dispute Resolution: are penalties coming?
- Friday 09 February 2018
- ADR, E-commerce, Tutela del consumatore
- Europa
In order to foster the growth of the e-commerce, without taking aside the need of affording a specific protection to consumers, the EU introduced the ODR. The acronym means Online Dispute Resolution that is an instrument of alternative dispute resolution (hereinafter: “ADR”) ...