Italy Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, amended 2018) Art. 171: Art. 171 Do not breach the Workers' Statute rules on remote monitoring (art. 4(1)) or opinion inquiries (art. 8)

Breach of art. 4(1) (installing or using equipment capable of remote monitoring outside the permitted purposes or without the union agreement or labour inspectorate authorisation) or of art. 8 (inquiries into workers' opinions or irrelevant facts) of Law 300/1970 is a criminal offence punished with the penalties of art. 38 of that Law (fine or arrest from 15 days to one year, jointly in the most serious cases, with publication of the conviction).