Italy

Azienda sanitaria provinciale di Caltanissetta

6,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2022-03-10.

Rank · Sector

#173

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#329

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,623

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2022-03-10
Controller / Processor: Azienda sanitaria provinciale di Caltanissetta
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR, Art. 12 GDPR, Art. 15 GDPR, Art. 37 GDPR, Art. 2-ter Codice della privacy
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA has fined Azienda sanitaria provinciale di Caltanissetta EUR 6,000. The data subject had asked the controller, in the context of legal proceedings, to send any communication regarding this matter only to their personal email inbox. Nevertheless, the controller had sent communications to the data subject's business email address.

In addition, the data subject had requested access to their data. However, the controller did not properly comply with this request.

In the course of its investigation, the DPA also found that the health care facility had failed to notify the DPA of the name and contact details of a new data protection officer and to update them on its website.

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