The data protection regime in 2021 was an anchor in the immediate reality, especially on the Internet, but also in the offline activities of controllers and data subjects. This report highlights the some of the most important elements regarding the institutional developments, the sanctioning regime and the commentary of a judgment of the Court of Justice, being provided recent bibliographical sources in the matter of reference.

The processing of biometric data resulting from the illegal surveillance of employees at work is certainly one of the most common practices of operators, and the violation of the provisions established by art. 5 para. (1) lit. a) reported to art. 6 para. (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation must be strongly sanctioned. A last paradigmatic case is that of the operator Glove Technology SRL, a company specialized in consulting services, s...