diff --git a/UserDataProcessingTrigger/index.ts b/UserDataProcessingTrigger/index.ts
index 8530350d..42c69bbe 100644
--- a/UserDataProcessingTrigger/index.ts
+++ b/UserDataProcessingTrigger/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   trackUserDataDeleteEvent,
   trackUserDataDownloadEvent
 } from "../utils/appinsightsEvents";
+import { flags } from "../utils/featureFlags";
 
 const logPrefix = "UserDataProcessingTrigger";
 
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ export function index(
           .decode(processableOrNot)
           .chain(processable =>
             fromNullable(undefined)(
-              ProcessableUserDataDownload.is(processable)
+              flags.ENABLE_USER_DATA_DOWNLOAD &&
+                ProcessableUserDataDownload.is(processable)
                 ? () => {
                     context.log.info(
                       `${logPrefix}: starting UserDataDownloadOrchestrator with ${processable.fiscalCode}`
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ export function index(
                       processable
                     );
                   }
-                : ProcessableUserDataDelete.is(processable)
+                : flags.ENABLE_USER_DATA_DELETE &&
+                  ProcessableUserDataDelete.is(processable)
                 ? () => {
                     context.log.info(
                       `${logPrefix}: starting UserDataDeleteOrchestrator with ${processable.fiscalCode}`
diff --git a/utils/featureFlags.ts b/utils/featureFlags.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009f6db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/featureFlags.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ *
+ */
+
+import { fromNullable } from "fp-ts/lib/Option";
+import * as t from "io-ts";
+
+const getEnvVariable = (decoder: t.Mixed) => (
+  name: string,
+  defaultValue: typeof decoder["_A"]
+) =>
+  fromNullable(process.env[name])
+    .map(decoder.decode)
+    .getOrElse(defaultValue);
+
+const getFlagFromEnv = getEnvVariable(t.boolean);
+
+export const flags = {
+  ENABLE_USER_DATA_DELETE: getFlagFromEnv("FF_ENABLE_USER_DATA_DELETE", true),
+  ENABLE_USER_DATA_DOWNLOAD: getFlagFromEnv(
+    "FF_ENABLE_USER_DATA_DOWNLOAD",
+    true
+  )
+};