Computer Crimes Law, Unlawful Access to Computer or Telematics Systems
Legge 23 agosto 2016 n. 114 (Computer Crimes), art. 2, inserting art. 182-bis of the Criminal Code
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not unlawfully enter, or remain against the will of the party entitled to exclude you in, a computer or telematics system protected by a security measure, under Criminal Code art. 182-bis.
- Reading a public, unauthenticated page without defeating any security measure has not itself been held to violate this provision.
- Do not hold or access tools suited to enter a security-measure-protected system, or equipment or programmes designed to alter such a system or its data, without justified reason.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
Art. 182-bis: base unauthorised-access offence is second-degree imprisonment (imprisonment only, no separate fine), rising to third-degree for a public official, private investigator or system operator, or where violence or data destruction is involved, and to third or fourth-degree for a system of public interest. Holding or accessing means to enter a protected system for undue profit or to cause damage is separately punished by first-degree imprisonment and a fine up to 5,500.00 euro (second-degree imprisonment and a fine from 5,500.00 to 10,500.00 euro where the public-official/operator aggravating circumstance applies). Holding or accessing, without justified reason, equipment or programmes designed to alter a system or its data is punished by second-degree imprisonment and a fine up to 10,500.00 euro.
Penalty structure
The base unauthorised-access offence under art. 182-bis carries imprisonment only, with no separate monetary fine. Two ancillary paragraphs of the same article carry fines: up to EUR 5,500 (rising to a EUR 5,500-10,500 range where an aggravating circumstance applies) for holding or accessing means to enter a protected system for undue profit or to cause damage, and up to EUR 10,500 for holding or accessing, without justified reason, equipment or programmes designed to alter a system or its data. EUR 10,500 is the highest fine figure stated in the article.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 10,500
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Law No. 114 of 23 August 2016 introduced criminal-law protection against computer crimes by inserting new articles into the Criminal Code.
Article 182-bis punishes anyone who unlawfully enters a computer or telematics system protected by security measures, or remains there against the express or tacit will of the person entitled to exclude them, with second-degree imprisonment; the punishment rises to third-degree imprisonment for a public official, a private investigator, a system operator, or where violence or destruction of data is involved, and to third or fourth-degree imprisonment where the system is one of public interest.
A separate paragraph punishes, with first-degree imprisonment and a fine of up to 5,500.00 euro, anyone who holds or has access to means suited to enter a protected system in order to obtain an undue profit or cause damage, rising to second-degree imprisonment and a fine from 5,500.00 to 10,500.00 euro where the public-official or system-operator aggravating circumstance applies; a further paragraph punishes, with second-degree imprisonment and a fine of up to 10,500.00 euro, anyone holding or accessing without justified reason equipment or programmes designed to alter a system or its data.
Because the core offence's trigger is defeating a security measure or exceeding an express or tacit exclusion, a plain reading does not reach reading a public, unauthenticated page. The same law separately inserted an interception offence (art. 190-bis), a data and system damage offence (art. 203-bis), and a computer fraud offence (art. 204-ter) into the Criminal Code, not further detailed on this instrument.
The law's own text states that it enters into force on the fifth day following its legal publication, but no stated calendar day for that publication appears in the text, so no effective date is recorded.
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