Italian Garante Cookie Guidelines: What You Need to Know
On July 10, 2021, the Italian data protection authority (‘Garante’) announced its finalized guidelines on cookies and other similar tracking technologies (‘the Guidelines’). The finalized Guidelines come seven months after the Garante released its draft version for public consultation and has provided a six-month deadline for organizations to comply.
In particular, the Guidelines aim to illustrate the legislation applicable to the storing of information, or the gaining of access to information already stored, in the terminal equipment of users, as well as to specify the lawful means to provide the cookie policy and collect online consent of data subjects, where necessary, in light of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’).
Download this white paper to understand the scope of the new cookie guidelines from the Garante and learn next steps for compliance.