Joint Submission on the Right to Privacy in Italy, Human Rights Committee, 119th Session

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3rd April 2017

Joint Submission on the Right to Privacy in Italy, Human Rights Committee, 119th Session

Privacy International and the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties' Joint Submission in Consideration of the Sixth Periodic Report of Italy Human Rights Committee 119th Session (6-29 March 2017).

The submission brings to the attention of the Committee the ongoing concern with Italian security agencies’ hacking capabilities and intelligence sharing arrangement, with Italian data retention procedures, and its export control regime as it relates to its robust private surveillance technologies sector.

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