Piaggio fined €460,000 by Italian privacy watchdog over employee email monitoring
( July 29, 2026, 12:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Italian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer Piaggio & C. Spa has been fined €460,000 by Italy's data protection authority for unlawfully monitoring employees through the systematic collection and retention of corporate emails and related logs. The watchdog said in its newsletter on Wednesday that the company's practices enabled remote monitoring of staff, breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and failed to comply with Italian law.The press release follows in Italian....
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