ABOUT US
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The Istituto Italiano per la Privacy (IIP), or Italian Institute for Privacy, is a research center dedicated to the thematics of cybersecurity and protection of personal data in global ICT society. IIP is founding partner of the European Privacy Association.
The Institute involves and is a network for the best italian specialists in Privacy Law, but also for significant representatives of the public and private spheres, who often deal with personal data and sensitive information on a daily basis. Working as a think tank, the IIP has consolidated itself as a point of reference for Italian “new law” experts, and for several of the players of high technology content markets.
The Institute is a non-profit organization in legal terms. It is led by an Administrative Council with functions of management and direction, cooperating with a Scientific Committee which is composed of scholars and consultants on the subject of privacy, with the functions of scientific quality control and selection of research work. These groups are aided in turn by a Committee of Supporters, comprised mostly of companies with functions of direct financing and fund-raising.
As its principal working tool, the Institute uses the internet site (in the role of “electronic magazine”), to which its fellow partners and other researchers may contribute with publications, and a semi-monthly informative newsletter, which gives major news and analysis on the evolution of privacy issues in Italy and the world. Quarterly conferences that are open to the public are organized frequently, as are closed-door seminar workshops, in partnerships with, when possible, Italian national and European scenarios. This is done to favour training for professionals and to heighten the awareness of unauthorized personnel, whether those operating in the market or in public institutions. These meetings are always broadcast on web-tv and web-radio, through the Institute’s portal, and are rendered available to download or to visualize in streaming mode.
Among other activities, we number an intense production of articles and other types of interventions for different media-partners (newspapers, magazines, tv, radio, web). In addition to this, the Institute will publish books on privacy. On a biannual basis, scholarships on the subject of ICT law will be awarded, according to the criteria established by the Scientific Committee and based on the economic resources made available by each business concern.
