Garante della Privacy

Italian Govt. Agency Says Firm Illegally Spied on File-Swappers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 18, 2008 - 8:58am.

Los Angeles - An Italian government body responsible for privacy protection has ruled that an anti-piracy firm breached the country's privacy laws when it gathered the IP addresses of Italians suspected of illegal file-sharing, according to reports. The Garante della Privacy said that an earlier ruling by an Italian magistrate authorizing Swiss anti-piracy firm Logistep to collect IP addresses of P2P users was incorrect.