Enforcing jurisdiction
Italy · Geography does not establish applicable law.
Confirmed applicable legislation

Comune di Borgia – €5,000 Fine (Italy, 2022)

€5,000Garante per la protezione dei dati personali15 December 2022Italy
final
Fine

Privacy enforcement record

This record is classified outside cookie consent. Subject classification does not confirm an applicable law. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.

Comune di Borgia was fined EUR 5,000 for processing employee biometric data without a valid legal basis. The Italian data protection authority found that this practice was not proportionate and infringed on employee rights. This ruling serves as a warning to all organizations about the risks of improperly handling sensitive data.

What happened

Comune di Borgia processed biometric data of employees for attendance tracking without a valid legal basis.

Who was affected

Employees of Comune di Borgia whose biometric data was used for attendance tracking.

What the authority found

The authority ruled that the municipality lacked a valid legal basis for processing biometric data and failed to provide required information to the DPA.

Why this matters

This ruling reinforces the necessity for organizations to have a valid legal basis for processing sensitive data and to comply with data protection regulations. Companies should regularly review their data practices to avoid similar issues.

Recorded legal citations
Automatically processed
Art. 6 GDPR
Art. 5(1)(a) GDPR
Art. 9(2) GDPR
Art. 37(7) GDPR
View original scraped data
Art. 5(1) a) GDPR
Art. 6(GDPR)
Art. 9(2) GDPR
(4) GDPR
Art. 37(7) GDPR

Original imported citations before automated processing; the processing history does not establish independent verification.

Source checks

Linked-source text retrieved.

Automated check recorded — 14 March 2026.

Processing notes: articles corrected.

Retrieved text may be a secondary summary or an announcement. These automated statuses do not establish that the original decision was read or that the record received an independent legal review. How we check sources

Full Legal Summary
Detailed

The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Comune di Borgia. The municipality processed biometric data of employees for the purpose of registering their attendance. Garante found that such processing was not proportionate and therefore constituted an unjustified infringement of the rights of the data subjects. Subsequently, Garante determined that the processing of biometric data had taken place without a legal basis. Also the Garante found that the municipality failed to provide the DPA the contact data of their data protections officer.

Related Enforcement Actions (0)

No other enforcement actions found for Comune di Borgia in IT

This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.

Details

Fine Date

15 December 2022

Authority

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Fine Amount

€5,000

About this data

Data: CMS GDPR Enforcement Tracker
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Automatically normalized and classified

Cite as: Cookie Fines. Comune di Borgia - Italy (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu

Report Inaccuracy

Last updated: