Italy

Misterbianco municipality

5,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2023-01-26.

Rank · Sector

#132

of 213 in Employment

Rank · Italy

#364

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,787

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2023-01-26
Controller / Processor: Misterbianco municipality
Sector: Employment
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR, Art. 2-ter Codice della privacy
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Misterbianco municipality. An employee had filed a complaint with the DPA due to the fact, that the municipality had published a document, containing personal data of them, on their website. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that the municipality had published the data without a valid legal basis and therefore had acted unlawfully.

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