Italy

Findomestic Banca spa

10,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2022-04-07.

Rank · Sector

#195

of 322 in Finance, Insurance and Consulting

Rank · Italy

#270

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,355

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2022-04-07
Controller / Processor: Findomestic Banca spa
Sector: Finance, Insurance and Consulting
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a), c) GDPR
Type of violation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on Findomestic Banca spa. A customer had filed a complaint with the DPA regarding a breach of confidentiality related to the financial institution. The controller had unauthorizedly sent several payment reminders to the data subject's wife regarding a loan taken out by the data subject. The wife had indeed guaranteed a loan taken out by the data subject, however not the loan in question.

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