Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) · 6 February 2020
RTI - Reti Televisive Italiane s.p.a.
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
- Regulator
- Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
- Decided
- 6 February 2020
- Country
- Italy
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2020/IT/038
What happened
The Italian data protection authority (Garante) imposed a fine of €20.000 on a TV broadcast services company (R.T.I.) in relation to a report identifying and providing information concerning the complainant. In the Garante’s view, the company failed to comply with journalism ethics and standards, thus violating the general principles of lawfulness and fairness of data processing under Article 5 (1) (a) GDPR.
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Rules involved
- Data principles
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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