This section contains information on transparency, ethical compliance, the prevention of corruption and personal data protection.
Transparency
The Bank's Transparency Officer is the Secretary to the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy, who is responsible for promoting the Bank's transparency guidelines and actions, and for verifying compliance with transparency measures. In this section you will find the Regulations on disclosure and transparency that identify the data and information the Bank is committed to publishing on its website and which govern access by the public via requests to the certified email (PEC) address: accessocivico@pec.bancaditalia.it. Further information on transparency can be found in the Annual Accounts, the Report on Operations and Activities of the Bank of Italy and in other documents published periodically on the Bank's website.
Ethics
In implementing the ECB's guidelines on the Ethics Framework for the Eurosystem and for the SSM, the Bank of Italy created the position of Ethics Officer, who oversees ethical compliance and reports directly to the Governing Board.
The role of Ethics Officer is assigned to the Secretary to the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy who contributes to defining guidelines and interventions concerning ethics and to compliance with the rules of conduct for the staff of Bank of Italy.
Prevention of corruption
The Secretary to the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy is also responsible for preventing corruption and performs the role of Anti-Corruption Officer. He is assisted in these tasks by a dedicated unit.
This section contains the 2024-26Three-Year Corruption Prevention Plan, which provides an organic picture of the corruption prevention system and of the measures adopted and planned by the Bank of Italy for the three-year period. Any communications regarding the Plan can be sent to: pianoprevenzionecorruzione@bancaditalia.it.
The section also includes previous Three-Year Corruption Prevention Plans and the results of the monitoring of their implementation.
Personal data protection
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), in force since 25 May 2018, has redefined the rules in this area, harmonizing at EU level the principles and arrangements that safeguard the rights and fundamental freedoms of natural persons. The Italian legislator has issued implementing provisions for the GDPR, adapting the pre-existing Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree 196 of 30 June 2003, as amended by Legislative Decree 101 of 10 August 2018), which now sets out additional rules solely for the areas of exclusive national competence.
The GDPR envisages the creation in public institutions of the role of data protection officer (DPO), a person who advises on and oversees the application of privacy legislation.
The Bank of Italy has appointed a Senior Manager in the staff of the Head of the Directorate General for Planning, Organization and Accounting as Data Protection Officer (DPO).
The DPO performs his functions with full autonomy and independence and reports on his staff's activities to the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy, for which he prepares an Annual Report.
The Data Protection Officer can be contacted via e-mail: responsabile.protezione.dati@bancaditalia.it; rpd@pec.bancaditalia.it or by post to Banca d'Italia Responsabile della protezioni dei dati, via Nazionale 91, 00184 ROMA.
