Region of Tuscany
€10,000
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Decision Date
February 10, 2022
Authority
Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
IT
Sector
Public Sector and Education
Country
IT
Law
GDPRStatus
FINALDescription
The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on the Region of Tuscany. The region had notified the DPA of a data breach pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. The region stated that it had inadvertently published personal data of 3,548 applicants for administrative assistant positions. The data concerned information that the applicants had shared as part of a pre-selection test for the application. The region had mistakenly published a URL through which personal data and the results of the test could be viewed.
Legal Citations
Art. 5Art. 6Art. 2
Issues & Violations
Insufficient legal basis for data processing