Italy

GEDI News Network Spa

20,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2021-03-25.

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#279

of 369 in Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting

Rank · Italy

#185

of 543

Rank · All fines

#1,042

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2021-03-25
Controller / Processor: GEDI News Network Spa
Sector: Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Quoted Articles: Art. 12 (3), (4) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Italian DPA (Garante) has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on GEDI News Network Spa. A data subject filed a complaint with the Italian DPA against the controller regarding an article published by the latter in which he was referred to. In this context, the data subject exercised his right under Art. 17 GDPR and requested the deletion of the article, considering it no longer relevant. However, the controller did not respond to the data subject's request in a timely manner.

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