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Arte del Vivere S.r.l. – €5,000 Fine (Italy, 2022)
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Arte del Vivere S.r.l. was fined for not responding to a request to delete a person's personal data from their website. This case shows that companies must take requests for data deletion seriously and act on them promptly.
What happened
Arte del Vivere S.r.l. failed to delete a person's personal data from their website despite multiple requests.
Who was affected
The individual whose personal data was published on the company's website without consent.
What the authority found
The Garante found that Arte del Vivere S.r.l. did not comply with GDPR requirements for responding to data deletion requests.
Why this matters
This case serves as a warning to businesses that they must respond to data deletion requests in a timely manner, or they could face penalties.
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A data subject filed a complaint with the Italian DPA (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali – Garante) due to the publication of his personal data on www.mondoshiatsu.com, a website which shows the contact details of various certified shiatsu massage practitioners. The data subject stated that he was automatically inserted into this portal after having attended an annual training course in this discipline in 2003. Due to the amount of time that had passed since then, and the fact that he never became an actual practitioner, he made numerous requests via telephone and email in order to delete his data, which were not responded. The Garante initiated an investigation, and determined that the company responsible for the publication of the website was Arte del Vivere S.r.l. The Garante then made a request for information related to the company’s failure to respond to the data subject’s request for deletion of his personal data. The Garante was initially unable to notify this request, and had to employ the Finance Police in order to successfully do so. When the company eventually replied, its director stated that they were not the owners of the domain, and had delegated the maintenance of the website to a third party processor. However, the company argued that the website could not be updated because the processor no longer had the credentials to do so. The Garante noted that the contents of the website clearly attribute it to Arte del Vivere, and that as a beneficiary of this website, the company should have contractual or accounting documentation related to the web hosting service. The company was then eventually able to delete the entire website, which had not been updated since 2014, by reporting the issue to the website’s net service host. The Garante stated that Arte del Vivere, as a data controller, proved to be completely unable to guarantee compliance with GDPR and the data subject’s deletion request. The Garante also noted that the company showed a t
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Arte del Vivere S.r.l. in IT
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
10 February 2022
Authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Fine Amount
€5,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Arte del Vivere S.r.l. - Italy (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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