Società Med Store Saronno s.r.l.
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Date de décision
2 décembre 2021
Autorité
Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
IT
Secteur
Health Care
Pays
IT
Droit
GDPRStatut
FINALDescription
The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined Società Med Store Saronno s.r.l. EUR 7,000. The nursing home notified the DPA of a data breach pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. The facility had suffered a cyber attack by a hacker who gained access to personal data and published it. This included publishing radiological images of patients on his Twitter account. The DPA's investigation revealed that the home had only secured the data with simple passwords. For this reason, the DPA found that the home had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk.