Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) · 14 April 2023
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Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fine€15,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
- Decided
- 14 April 2023
- Country
- Italy
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2023/IT/056
What happened
The Italian DPA fined an online newspaper €15,000 for publishing detailed medical information of a mafia boss. According to the DPA, the paper went beyond what was necessary and violated human dignity.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Data principles
- Special categories
Sources
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