Italy

Medtronic Italia

300,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2024-02-08.

Rank · Sector

#24

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#53

of 543

Rank · All fines

#303

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2024-02-08
Controller / Processor: Medtronic Italia
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a), f) GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 12 GDPR, Art. 13 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 300,000 on Medtronic Italia. The controller had sent emails in an open distribution list to hundreds of individuals using the controller's app to measure their blood glucose levels, making the email addresses of all recipients visible to the other recipients. This made it possible to draw conclusions about whether the data subjects had diabetes. The controller also failed to adequately inform data subjects about the processing of their personal data.

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