Italy

Municipality of Bologna

40,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2025-04-29.

Rank · Sector

#77

of 356 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Italy

#150

of 543

Rank · All fines

#834

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2025-04-29
Controller / Processor: Municipality of Bologna
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a), c) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) c), e), (2), (3) GDPR, Art. 9 (1), (2) g), (4) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 40,000 on the Municipality of Bologna. The controller used a data processor (Cooperativa Sociale Quadrifoglio | ETid: 2274) to process data, including health data, of childreen with disabilities and special needs. The controller failed to ensure, that the processor had sufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure data security, resulting in a data leak.

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