Originally Posted by
JamesBigglesworth
Entry *into* and exit *from* the Schengen area is supposed to be recorded and, IME, usually is by every member except Italy. Movement *within* the area isn't recorded by anyone, generally. The entry into Italy should have been recorded by the Italians, Italian passport or not.
Sorry, but that information is totally incorrect.
At the moment there is not EU-wide entry / exit database for neither EU or non-EU nationals. There are plans for an EU-wide entry / exit database for non-EU nationals called EES ("Entry-Exit System") but that system will not apply to EU citizens.
https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/si..._system_en.pdf
There is data collection at the point of booking / check-in (The so-called "Passenger Name Record" or the API system) but that data does not match with entry / exit records. Remember that it is possible (and totally legal) to provide PNR / API data with your ID card and then use your passport to enter the Schengen Area (or vice-versa), or to arrive to your destination airport and then book there a ticket to somewhere else outside the Schengen Area.
So there is no legal requirement to record entries / exits from the Schengen area for EU citizens. And then of course you have the fact that in several countries (Italy being one) checks of EU passports are quite "light" (still nowadays)