Palumbo Superyacht Ancona s.r.l.
€50,000
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Decision Date
7 de abril de 2022
Authority
Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
IT
Sector
Employment
Country
IT
Law
GDPRStatus
FINALDescription
The Italian DPA has fined Palumbo Superyacht Ancona s.r.l. EUR 50,000. The company had blocked an employee's company email account without permission. The employee had reported the incident to the company and asked for the restoration of the e-mail inbox, which contained both private and business e-mails. However, the company did not comply with this request. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found further violations. For example, the company did not respond to a request for information from the DPA and violated the principle of limiting data retention.
Legal Citations
Art. 5 (1)Art. 13Art. 12 (3)Art. 15Art. 157Art. 166 (2)
Issues & Violations
Insufficient legal basis for data processing