Eni's response

Over the past few days, we have seen that, in July 2024, I submitted a formal request for rectification to Eni's Data Protection Officer (DPO) concerning the document "Questions & Answers before the General Shareholders' Meeting 2017", pursuant to Article 16 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The request was straightforward.

It asked that certain statements contained in that document be examined in light of the documentary evidence gathered over more than two decades.

On 22 August 2024, I received ENI's official response.

The Company rejected my request for rectification in its entirety.

According to the response issued by Eni's DPO, the purpose of the 2017 document was to record the questions submitted by shareholders and the Company's answers before the General Shareholders' Meeting.

For that reason, the DPO concluded that:

📌 "The information contained therein must be considered accurate, as it faithfully reflects the discussions held during the Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting".

That response became the Company's principal justification for keeping the document published since 2017 unchanged.

However, after carefully examining that reasoning, I identified what I considered to be a fundamental issue.

The document "Questions & Answers before the General Shareholders' Meeting" does not record the discussions that took place during the General Shareholders' Meeting.

It contains only the questions submitted in advance by shareholders and the answers prepared by the Company before the meeting took place.

That issue became the turning point in this case.

Rather than continuing to debate the matter directly with Eni, I filed a formal complaint with The Italian Data Protection Authority(GPDP), the authority responsible for enforcing the GDPR in Italy.

Tomorrow, we will examine exactly why this distinction became one of the central issues in the proceedings currently pending before The Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP).

Because, from this point forward, the documents speak for themselves.

To be continued on Friday.


✅ Learn more

1️⃣ Request for Rectification submitted to Eni's Data Protection Officer (2024);

2️⃣ Eni's Response (22 August 2024);

3️⃣ Complaint submitted to The Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP).