The head of Italy's data protection authority, Pasquale Stanzione, stated in an interview with Corriere della Sera newspaper that the agency is prepared to allow the return of the ChatGPT chatbot by the end of April as long as OpenAI takes the required measures to address the regulator's concerns.
Previously, OpenAI had taken ChatGPT offline in Italy in March after the regulator temporarily restricted its data processing and began investigating a potential privacy breach. The regulator has set a list of demands for OpenAI to meet by the end of April. Italy was the first European country to limit ChatGPT, but regulators and lawmakers in other countries are also scrutinising the technology.

After receiving complaints from various individuals, France's data protection regulator (CNIL) has initiated a formal investigation into ChatGPT. Similarly, Germany's data protection conference (DSK) has opened an investigation into ChatGPT, as announced by the North Rhine-Westphalia watchdog, though the DSK itself has not commented on the matter. Spain's data protection agency (AEPD) has also launched an independent investigation, running parallel to work being done by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).