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Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo – €4,000 Fine (Italy, 2020)
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The municipality of Santo Stefano Belbo was fined for posting sensitive legal documents online. These documents included personal information about an individual, which should not have been publicly accessible. This case stresses the importance of safeguarding personal data in public records.
What happened
Santo Stefano Belbo published documents containing personal data about an individual on its website.
Who was affected
An individual whose personal information was included in the publicly accessible documents.
What the authority found
The Italian DPA ruled that the municipality violated GDPR by making personal data publicly available without proper safeguards.
Why this matters
This ruling serves as a warning to public entities about the risks of sharing personal information. Organizations should ensure that sensitive data is protected before publishing.
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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
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo - Italy (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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