Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Avvocato Panetta!

Today we went to a law firm in Rome! The firm belonged to an Italian named Panetta and works in privacy law. He represents major companies like Google, Verizon, AT&T, Amazon and many other big name companies. It was really interesting to meet him. He talked a lot about how companies store your information forever and sell them to other companies. He also talked about apps on smartphones. I never thought of this, but app makers who don't have ads on their software get their money from selling your information. Scary stuff.

More interesting though was how famous he is as a lawyer. He works out of this ancient building in Rome that was built in about 1067 by a very prominent Italian architect. After the architect passed away, the building was purchased by a very wealthy Italian family who still owns the building today! His office was crazy!
This was the ceiling of his office.

 This was his personal desk. Take notice of the real curtains coupled with fake painted ones in the background. Also, his big red quill on his desk.

 His car... it's a Maserati....

Toooooo much money. 




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  1. UnknownSeptember 11, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    What an interesting visit. Oddly we never have heard about the apps selling our information. Perhaps I should be a bit less upset when I see the ads! Doesn't his office remind you of my house? ;-) I am so happy you're having all of these wonderful experiences!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 11, 2013 at 4:45 PM

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  3. UnknownSeptember 11, 2013 at 4:52 PM

    Doesn't Avvocato Panetta sound as thought it should be food?

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  4. EmmyLakeSeptember 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM

    What came to mind to me was "Little Bread" :P

    Pane is bread in Italy and when you want a mini pizza it's called a Pizzetta. So Panetta = little bread

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