Italy

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi di Firenze

9,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2022-10-20.

Rank · Sector

#146

of 269 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#308

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,469

of 3,039

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2022-10-20
Controller / Processor: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi di Firenze
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 32 GPDR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 9,000 on Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi di Firenze. The controller had mistakenly sent a patient medical record to the wrong patient. The DPA found that the healthcare facility had not taken sufficient technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, which allowed such an incident to occur.

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