Overview
- The Garante ordered an immediate halt to any further dissemination of 46 messages and calls used in the Netflix series’ first three episodes.
- The contested material includes a voicemail Yara’s mother left before her fate was known, which the decision highlighted as particularly sensitive.
- The authority said the excerpts lacked investigative relevance and were used to arouse morbid interest, violating lawfulness, fairness, and data minimization principles.
- Producer Quarantadue, whose five-part series Il caso Yara – oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio launched on Netflix in July 2024, argues the brief clips came from authorized interceptions or court depositions and are protected reporting.
- The ruling imposes a €40,000 sanction on Quarantadue, and the company can appeal the order, with a one-month window reported by local media.