Italy

Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma

46,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2022-05-26.

Rank · Sector

#73

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#125

of 543

Rank · All fines

#760

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2022-05-26
Controller / Processor: Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) c) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) c), d) GDPR, Art. 6 (2), (3) GDPR, Art. 9 (1), (2), (4) GDPR, Art. 2-ter (1), (2) Codice della privacy, Art. 2-septies (8) Codice della privacy
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA has fined Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma EUR 46,000.
The healthcare facility had published the names and health information of 1337 patients on its website. In most cases, this involved the health records of the data subjects, including medical documents, disability assessments, tests, technical reports, etc....

In this context, the DPA found that the healthcare institution had processed the data unlawfully as well as violated principle of data minimization.

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