Italy

Municipality

6,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2024-01-24.

Rank · Sector

#214

of 356 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Italy

#337

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,633

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2024-01-24
Controller / Processor: Municipality
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) c), e) GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 37 (7) GDPR, Art. 2-ter Codice della privacy, Art. 2-sexies Codice della privacy, Art. 2-septies (8) Codice della privacy, Art. 157 Codice della privacy
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on a municipality. The municipality had unlawfully published information on citizens' Covid cases on its Facebook page. The municipality also failed to appoint a data protection officer and provide the authority with their contact details in due time.

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