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Repealed/superseded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 It was repealed, with other implementing measures, by article 183 of the 2003 Codice privacy.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
- 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Superseded by the consolidated Codice privacy rather than amended.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1996; published in Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 5 of 8 January 1997 (Supplemento Ordinario n. 3); in force 8 May 1997; repealed by D.Lgs. 196/2003 (Codice privacy), in force 1 January 2004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
- Authoritative text normattiva.it
- 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 Article 1 is shown as repealed by D.Lgs. 196/2003 from 1 January 2004; the 1 January 2004 date follows the existing it-codice-privacy row and art. 183 of the Codice.