Italy. Comprehensive data protection. Act

Legge 675/1996Law No. 675 of 31 December 1996 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data

Repealed/superseded

§1Summary

Synopsis

Italy's first general data protection law, which transposed Directive 95/46/EC. It was repealed, with other implementing measures, by article 183 of the 2003 Codice privacy. The Codice itself remains in force in amended form and is the existing it-codice-privacy row.

Key themes
  • implementation of Directive 95/46/EC
  • processing of personal data
Unique features

Superseded by the consolidated Codice privacy rather than amended.

SaaS relevance

Historical only; replaced by the Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali (see it-codice-privacy).

§2Obligations

Breach notification
None
DPO
No

§3Dates

Key dates
  • Adopted
  • In force
  • Ended
  • Law of 31 December 1996; published in Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 5 of 8 January 1997 (Supplemento Ordinario n. 3); in force 8 May 1997; repealed by D.Lgs. 196/2003 (Codice privacy), in force 1 January 2004

§4Text and authority

Text
Authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

§5Where it applies

Domestic law of
Italy

§6Sources and verification

Sources consulted
Verification

High confidence.

Entry into force and publication from the Normattiva page. Article 1 is shown as repealed by D.Lgs. 196/2003 from 1 January 2004; the 1 January 2004 date follows the existing it-codice-privacy row and art. 183 of the Codice.