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Comune di Commezzadura – €6,000 Fine (Italy, 2021)
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The municipality of Commezzadura was fined EUR 6,000 for publishing a former employee's personal data on its website. The document included sensitive information about the employee's health and work evaluations. This case highlights the need for organizations to be cautious when sharing personal information publicly.
What happened
The municipality was fined for publicly disclosing a former employee's personal data without consent.
Who was affected
The former employee whose personal information was published online.
What the authority found
The authority found that the municipality violated data protection rules by sharing the employee's information without a legal basis.
Why this matters
This ruling emphasizes the importance of protecting personal data and ensuring that organizations do not share sensitive information without proper consent.
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The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on the municipality of Commezzadura. A former employee of the municipality filed a complaint with the DPA because a document containing his personal data was published on the municipality's website. The document contained the confirmation and acceptance of the employee's voluntary termination of employment and information about the employment relationship at that time, including evaluations of his work and information about his health. The data subject also complained that this information had been mentioned in an article in a newspaper. In particular, the article discussed the end of employment and quoted a statement by the mayor of the municipality referring to the fact that the data subject had asked for flexible working hours and had been absent from work during the Christmas vacations due to illness.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Comune di Commezzadura in IT
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
25 February 2021
Authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Fine Amount
€6,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Comune di Commezzadura - Italy (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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