Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo – €4,000 Fine (Italy, 2020)
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The municipality of Santo Stefano Belbo was fined EUR 4,000 for posting legal documents with personal data on its website. These documents were accessible and downloadable by anyone. This incident shows the importance of keeping personal data private, especially in public records.
What happened
Santo Stefano Belbo published legal documents containing personal data on its website, making them freely accessible and downloadable.
Who was affected
Individuals whose personal data, including financial and legal information, was exposed in the published documents.
What the authority found
The Garante ruled that the municipality unlawfully published personal data without a valid legal basis, violating GDPR's privacy principles.
Why this matters
This case highlights the need for municipalities and public bodies to carefully handle personal data, ensuring it is not improperly disclosed online. It serves as a warning to review privacy practices when publishing documents.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 4,000 on the municipality of Santo Stefano Belbo. The reason for this was that the controller had published two documents on a legal settlement of the data subject on its website. The documents were not only freely accessible, but could also be downloaded. The documents contained personal data and information about the data subject, including, in addition to his first and last name, a confirmation of the payment of legal costs, the IBAN code of his checking account, information about the lawsuit and the amounts paid in favor of the data subject.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo in IT
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
17 December 2020
Authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Fine Amount
€4,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-589
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo - Italy (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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