Italy

Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Ovest Milanese

12,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2023-07-18.

Rank · Sector

#124

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#247

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,274

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2023-07-18
Controller / Processor: Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Ovest Milanese
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 12,000 on Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Ovest Milanese. The controller had suffered data breaches that affected the privacy of several data subjects. For example, a patient's health records were given to the wrong patient. In addition, the controller had sent an email regarding Covid-19 behavior in multiple scelrose patients to 198 recipients, allowing all recipients to openly view the other email addresses. In addition, the controller sent an invitation for a disability assessment to the wrong person.

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