Italy

Bolzano municipality

30,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2023-03-23.

Rank · Sector

#84

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#168

of 543

Rank · All fines

#909

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2023-03-23
Controller / Processor: Bolzano municipality
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 25 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR, Art. 33 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 30,000 on Bolzano municipality. The Bolzano health authority had reported a data breach to the DPA involving unauthorized access to the health records of a number of patients, which was caused by a deficiency in the electronic health record service that the municipality had delegated to a processor. During its investigation, the DPA found that although the leak occurred at the processor's site, the municipality should have taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that such incidents would be avoided.

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