The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Consumer Code - Legislative Decree No. 206 of 6 September 2005 - Part III - Title III - Chap I Consumer Rights.

Italy has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

As provided in provision 1.2.3 of the Regulation of allocation and management of ".it" domain names, registration of an ".it" domain name is only permitted to persons of legal age who have citizenship, residence or registered office in the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), the Vatican State, the Republic of San Marino and the Swiss Confederation.

The EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) covers traditional broadcasting services as well as audiovisual media services provided on-demand, including via the Internet. Article 13(1) provides for Member States to secure a minimum 30% share of European works in the catalogues as well as "ensuring prominence" of those works. "Prominence" involves promoting European works through facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure prominence of European works. The Directive has been implemented by Member States in different ways, ranging from very extensive and detailed measures to a mere reference to the general obligation to promote European works.
In Italy, Art. 13 has been implemented via two options. Audiovisual Media Service (AVMS) providers have the choice to either ensure that 20% of their catalogue consists of European works, or to provide financial contributions to the production or rights acquisition of European work, usually by investing in the production or rights acquisition of the latter.
Art. 6 of Law No. 220 on Cinema and Audiovisual establishes that the share of the rights owned by Italian undertakings must not be lower than 20% overall and must include in any case the exploitation rights for the Italian territory; the percentage relating to the expenses actually and directly borne by Italian undertakings must be at least equal to that of the property rights.

It is reported that Italy imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card, or a passport in case of foreigners, to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Legislative Decree 09/04/2003 No. 70 transposes Directive 2000/31/EC in Italy.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Legislative Decree 09/04/2003 No. 70 transposes Directive 2000/31/EC in Italy.

In Italy, operators are obliged to retain data for extended periods on the basis of that Anti-Terrorism Decree. As a result of the amendment to Anti-Terrorism Decree through Law No. 167, companies under the scope of the Anti Terrorism Decree to this end shall set a retention period of 72 months (6 years) for both telephone and traffic data.

Under the EU Directive on Data Retention, operators were required to retain certain categories of traffic and location data (excluding the content of those communications) for a period between six months and two years and to make them available, on request, to law enforcement authorities for the purposes of investigating, detecting and prosecuting serious crime and terrorism. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the Directive invalid. However, not all national laws which implemented the Directive have been overturned.
In Italy, the Directive has been implemented through an amendment to the Privacy Code effective as of August 2009 and still applying today. Under the Privacy Code, providers of a public communications network or a publicly available electronic communications service must retain "telephone traffic data" and "electronic communications traffic data" for 24 months or 12 months, respectively, for law enforcement purposes. A 30 day retention period applies in case of data related to unsuccessful calls processed on a provisional basis.

Art. 39 of the Presidential Decree No. 633 of 1972 states that electric archives related to accounting data for VAT declarations may be kept in a foreign country only if some kind of convention has been concluded between Italy and the receiving country governing the exchange of information in the field of direct taxation. Therefore, such limitation does not apply intra-EU.

It is reported that the Autorita per le Garanzie Nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

The Italian government owns a 9.81% stake of TIM through Treasury-owned state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). TIM is the leading Italian telecom operator, owning the country’s largest infrastructure. Also, Open Fiber, another Italian telecommunications company, is subject to the management and coordination of the single shareholder Open Fiber Holdings S.p.A., a company 60% owned by CDP Equity S.p.A. (a company attributable to the state-owned Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group).

It is reported that Italy does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, accounting separation is required by law

It is reported that passive sharing is mandated in Italy, and it is practiced in mobile based on commercial agreements. In addition, Directive 2014/61/EU (Art. 3.2) establishes that Member States shall ensure that, upon written request of an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, any network operator has the obligation to meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, with a view to deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. Such written request shall specify the elements of the project for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame.

The Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) is key in harmonising national laws concerning trade secrets. Italy transposed the Directive through the Implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition and disclosure (Official Gazette of the Italian Republic; Number: 130)