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Italy's data protection authority has formally warned Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok about an alleged breach of existing European Union rules to safeguard user privacy, the watchdog said. The Italian watchdog said TikTok had told users in recent weeks that it was going to deliver targeted advertising to them starting July 13 without requesting consent to use data stored on their devices. In changing its privacy policy, TikTok claimed it was acting in the legitimate interests of the company and its partners,…

When I was in my early 20s, I tried to keep a diary of my experiences as a student and teacher in Bologna. There was much to write about: I was teaching in one of the city’s largest secondary schools, attending lectures delivered by professors who seemed as ancient as the faculty’s medieval buildings and I was learning, painfully, that a certain British shabbiness is not considered a mark of sophistication in Italy, but its very opposite. Yet the diary contained none of this. It was, as the Italians say, uno sfogo, a…

A historic drought affecting Italy's largest river has brought a World War II-era shipwreck to light.The Po River runs 405 miles (651.8 km) from the Cottian Alps to empty into the Adriatic Sea. It's currently facing its worst drought in 70 years, which has caused a decades-old sunken ship to resurface.  The Zibello, a 160-foot (48.8-meter) barge that transported wood in World War II and sank in 1943, is usually hidden beneath the Po's waters, the Associated Press reports. Now, the river's water levels are so low that the…

Fast News Italian oil giant’s vessel is scheduled to load at PDVSA’s Jose port in the coming days according to the Venezuelan state oil company’s document. The logo of Italian energy company Eni is seen at a gas station in Rome, Italy September 30, 2018.…

Industry types and fans flock to Modena to talk business and admire the spectacular cars and bikes around town. If Tuscany has Chianti, the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna has "Motor Valley", an area that boasts one of the highest concentrations of luxury sports cars and motorbikes in the world. The…

Carmaker Stellantis will again stop operations at its key Melfi plant in southern Italy next week, a union representative said on Wednesday, citing shortages of various parts, including semiconductors. Marco Lomio, local head of UILM metalworkers union, said chip shortage was the main problem. "Fortunately the plant has worked regularly all throughout May, but when chips are not shipped we simply cannot build cars," he said after a meeting between the company and local workers' representatives. Stellantis confirmed the…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN News PMN Crime Author of the article: Reuters Angelo Amante and Philip Pullella Publishing date: May 19, 2022  •  12 minutes ago  •  4 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content SAVONA — Francesco Zanardi has spent the past 12 years documenting sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in Italy, filling a vacuum he says is caused by the refusal of the country’s Church thus far to launch a major investigation. When Italian bishops meet next week…

When Tonina Torrielli represented Italy in the Eurovision song contest in Lugano, Switzerland, in May 1956, not only did she never discover how well her song performed, as just the winner was announced after a secret vote, but she was not even aware she was taking part in the first edition of what was to become the biggest music competition in the world.“They packed me off, just like a parcel, to Lugano, without saying what it was for,” said Torrielli, who lives in Turin, where the 66th Eurovision song contest is taking…