Italy

Physician

20,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2024-12-12.

Rank · Sector

#100

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#209

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,099

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2024-12-12
Controller / Processor: Physician
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 2-septies (8) Codice della privacy
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a physician who had published images of a patient who had undergone cosmetic surgery on a social network without their consent.

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