Italy

Istituti ospedalieri bergamaschi

45,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2021-02-11.

Rank · Sector

#74

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#126

of 543

Rank · All fines

#762

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2021-02-11
Controller / Processor: Istituti ospedalieri bergamaschi
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a), f) GDPR, Art. 9 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Italian DPA (Garante) has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on Istituti ospedalieri bergamaschi. The DPA initiated an investigation against the controller after it reported a data breach to the DPA. A patient had mistakenly received medical records and clinical documentation from seven other patients in his digital medical record.

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