Weekly Italian Data Protection Report
This automation creates a weekly summary report of new publications from the Italian Data Protection Authority's website (www.garanteprivacy.it), tracking all findings in a Google Sheet to prevent duplicate reporting.
This automation acts as a vigilant digital assistant, keeping you updated on the latest from Italy's data privacy regulator. Here’s how it works:
- Checks for Duplicates: It starts by reading a Google Sheet you specify to see which documents have already been reported in previous runs.
- Scans the Website: It then visits three key sections of the
garanteprivacy.itwebsite: Decisions (Provvedimenti), Opinions (Pareri), and Infographics (Infografiche). - Gathers New Content: The automation extracts the title, publication date, and URL of all recent documents, filtering out any that are too old or have already been logged in your Google Sheet.
- Digs Deeper: For the most important documents (Decisions and Opinions), it navigates to each page to pull out a detailed summary of the main conclusions and rationale, along with relevant topic tags.
- Builds the Report: It compiles all the new findings into a single, easy-to-read report, providing detailed analysis for key documents and a brief listing for others.
- Updates the Log: Finally, it updates your Google Sheet with the new items it found, ensuring they won't be included in future reports.
Usage Ideas
- Schedule the automation to run weekly and have the report emailed to your legal and compliance teams.
- Feed the structured report data into a company knowledge base like Confluence or Notion to create a searchable archive of regulatory updates.
- Use the output to automatically generate tasks in a project management tool like Asana or Jira for team members to review specific DPA decisions.
- Expand the automation to monitor data protection authorities across multiple EU countries for comprehensive compliance tracking.
Customization Ideas
This template is a powerful starting point that you can easily tailor to your specific needs. You have the flexibility to:
- Adjust the Timeframe: Easily change the lookback period to scan for news from the last week, month, or any other duration.
- Control Report Size: Set a maximum number of items to include in the detailed report, so you can focus on just the top headlines.
- Use Your Own Tracking System: While it's set up for Google Sheets, you can modify the automation to use a different database or service for tracking documents.
- Monitor Different Sources: Adapt the automation to watch different sections of the
garanteprivacy.itwebsite or even a completely different regulatory or news site. - Customize the Output: Change the structure, content, and length of the final report to match your requirements.
