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U.S. Data Broker Faces Fine in Italy Over Privacy Violations
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Fusion42 · 29 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Italy's data protection authority has fined US-based data broker Lusha Systems €2 million for violating the GDPR. The authority found the company unlawfully collected and processed personal data of Italian residents, including through scraping social networks and purchasing from other data brokers.
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EU regulators are now actively fining US firms for scraping public data. If your sales or marketing tech relies on data from sources like social networks, you need to audit your EU data processing immediately.
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