Fulvio Sarzana di Sant’Ippolito

Esperienza professionale ed istituzionale

Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito graduated in Law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” summa cum laude in 1994. – He ‘s lawyer since 2000 and owner of Studio Legale Sarzana and Associates with offices in Rome and Milan. Fulvio Sarzana was Adjunct Professor at International University of Rome UNINETTUNO, Faculty of Law. Prof. Sarzana holds two courses: Digital Administration Law and Comparative Law of New Technologies: IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.

He is a contract professor of "Blockchain and Cybersecurity Law" in the second year of the Master's Degree in Economics, Data Science and Digital Transformation study plan, at the Libera Università Mediterranea (LUM) in Bari.

He is the author of monographs on the organizational and regulatory aspects of local government. He is also the author of texts on citizen safety in local government through the use of new technologies.

He participated in transparency campaigns for local and central government bodies through access to public administration documents, promoting awareness-raising initiatives on transparency and conflicts of interest.

He maintains in-depth legal blogs for major Italian online newspapers: Il Fatto Quotidiano; Il Sole 24 Ore; and the Huffington Post.

He is a Cassation lawyer and is authorized to practice before the Higher Courts (Council of State and Constitutional Court). He is the owner of the Roma Sarzana e Associati law firm, with offices in Rome and Milan (www.lidis.it).

Throughout his professional career, he has primarily dealt with issues related to fundamental rights and has participated in several ministerial working groups for the regulation of the organizational processes of public bodies.

He has acted as counsel in some of the most famous leading Italian cases regarding fundamental rights and new media, including the AIIP vs. Moncler case and the AGCOM case and freedom of expression before the Constitutional Court.

He was a lecturer on the Advanced Course in Information Technology Law at the University of Lecce, a lecturer on the Advanced Course in Private Consumer Law and Civil Liability at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, a lecturer on the Advanced Course in Legal Informatics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, a lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Information Technology Law at the LUMSA University of Rome, as well as a lecturer on the E-Manager Course at LUISS-Guido Carli.

He was a member of the Commission for Legal Informatics and New Technologies of the Council of the Order of Lawyers of Rome

– He was a contract professor of “Legal Regulation of Networks” at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and of public law institutions at the same faculty, Pomezia campus.

– He was a member of the Working Group on the Public Connectivity System at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology – He drafted the legal profiles of the Self-Regulation Code for the Internet and Minors on behalf of the Minister of Communications.

– He was appointed by Ministerial Decree of 1 July 2004, Member of the Technical Secretariat of the Study Commission for the reform of the Criminal Code.

– He was a Member of the Technical Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers for the Information Society.

He was a member of the Commission for the dematerialization of public administration activities.

E’ stato Coordinatore dell’Osservatorio Normativo della Rivista “Diritto dell’internet” IPSOA Editore e ha pubblicato più di un centinaio di articoli sulle riviste specializzate.

On 21 December 2018, by Decree of the Minister of Economic Development, Fulvio Sarzana was appointed for the Academic sector, member of the High-Level Expert Group for the drafting of the National Plan on Distributed Registers and Blockchain https://www.facebook.com/MinisteroSviluppoEconomico/photos/a.391198071650187/3915220582 84455/?type=3&theater https://www.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/per-i-media/notizie/2039109-al-mise-insediati-i-gruppi-suintelligenza- artificiale-e-blockchain

On September 15, 2020, San Marino Secretary of State for Finance Marco Gatti appointed Salvatore Fulvio Sarzana di S.Ippolito as head of the legal sector of the Working Group for the drafting of the legislation on Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Convegni Sarzana has participated as a speaker at more than 100 different national and international conferences since 2003.

He has published monographs and scholarly articles on new technology law. He has authored over 100 articles in print and online journals and edited the monograph "Legal Profiles of Internet Commerce" (Giuffrè Publishing House), the text "Internet Contracts and Electronic Commerce" (Giuffrè Publishing House), and edited the volume "e-Government" (La Tribuna Publishing House).

In 2010, he published the text “Video surveillance for local authorities” with Maggioli.

During 2011, he was among the leaders of the Movement for the Protection of Civil Rights on the Internet and in this capacity coordinated the volume "Copyright and Fundamental Rights on the Internet," which was the most downloaded free e-book on the Internet in the second half of 2011. The Movement, born to affirm the rights of expression and freedom of information on the web, reached thirty thousand signatures online.

In 2015 he published the instant book “The dangers and damages of web blocking”, with Bruno Saetta

In 2015, he served as a consultant in drafting opinions and legislative acts for a Parliamentary Group in the European Parliament's Culture Committee. Sarzana authored the 2017 Guide to Audiovisual Services via the Internet.

In October 2018, the monograph "Blockchain Law, Artificial Intelligence and IoT" was published by IPSOA-Wolters Kluwer, co-authored with Massimiliano Nicotra. https://shop.wki.it/Ipsoa/Libri/Diritto_della_Blockchain_Intelligenza_Artificiale_e_IoT_s679957.aspx

In 2019, IPSOA published the text "European Electronic Communications. Directive (EU) 2018-1972. 5G, Fiber, Cybersecurity, Competition and User Protection," co-authored with Federico Marini Balestra.

In 2022 he published the monograph, The right of the NFT metaverse, DeFi, GameFi and privacy, with Epicoco Ivan Osvaldo, Pierro Marco, for the Giappichelli publishing house. https://www.giappichelli.it/ildiritto- del-metaverso-9788892145467.

In 2023 he published the text “MICAR – Guide to the European Regulation on Crypto Markets” for the Giuffrè publishing house as co-author.

In February 2017, he ran for the Senate as Commissioner for the Communications Regulatory Authority, receiving 43 votes and narrowly missing election. His experience as a member of the Banking and Financial Arbitrator

On 21 November 2017, with Resolution No. 674/2017, the Bank of Italy appointed Salvatore Fulvio Sarzana di S.Ippolito as an alternate member of the Banking and Financial Arbitrator (ABF), in the Bologna office.

On February 13, 2018, Sarzana was appointed a member of the Coordinating Board of the Banking and Financial Arbitrator (ABF) for the year 2018. http://www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizia/composizione-del-collegio-di-coordinamento-dell-arbitrobancario- finanziario-per-l-anno-2018/.

With Resolution No. 521/2018 of October 16, 2018, the Bank of Italy appointed Salvatore Fulvio Sarzana di S.Ippolito as a full member of the Rome Board of Banking and Financial Arbitrators. The Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, appointed, with Resolution No. 211 of April 6, 2021, Professor Fulvio Sarzana di S.Ippolito as a full member of the Rome Board of Banking and Financial Arbitrators. Sarzana was appointed by the CNCU. https://www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizie/2021/Delibera-211-06042021.pdf Sarzana ceased his position at the Banking and Financial Arbitrator of Rome on April 4, 2024, after having served as a member of the Coordination Board of that body in the early months of 2024.

In his three years of practice, Salvatore Fulvio Sarzana di S.Ippolito has contributed, as a speaker, to the drafting of an average of 140 decisions per year. Privacy. Sarzana, along with the other members of the Roma Sarzana law firm, is a finalist for the 2018 TOP LEGAL award in the Associated Firms category for the Privacy secto

On June 7, 2018, Sarzana issued an Opinion to the Special Commission on Government Acts on the adaptation of Italian legislation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Sarzana was also heard on March 19, 2020, by the Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on: the Covid-19 pandemic, the alert system, and the protection of personal data. The written report presented by Professor Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito was subsequently published by the Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Sarzana contributed to the "Privacy" Manual published by Ipsoa-Wolters Kluwer in 2019.

He was also heard by the Chamber as part of the fact-finding investigation into the examination of the proposed laws containing provisions for the protection of minors for the prevention and fight against the phenomenon of cyberbullying. https://www.camera.it/leg17/1079?idLegislatura=17&tipologia=indag&sottotipologia=c0212_cyberbullismo&anno=2015&mese=12&giorno=14&idCommissione=0212&numero=0002&file=indice_stenografico