Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fecha de la decisión
27 de enero de 2021
Autoridad
Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
IT
Sector
Health Care
País
IT
Ley
GDPREstado
FINALDescripción
The Italian DPA (Garante) fined Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma EUR 50,000. The controller, a hospital, had reported two data breaches to the Italian DPA in which patient data was mistakenly disclosed to third parties. In the first incident, parents found the report of a microbiological examination of another patient in the file of their minor child. The report revealed the data subject´s name, tax number, address, birth date and various health data. In the second incident, the heir of a patient received the health report of another patient, which contained the name and birth date as well as data on the health status of the data subject.