# Misterbianco municipality: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
- Date: 2023-01-26
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-1761
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/47876
- Topics: Personal Data, Public Authority, IP Address, Employees, Processing, Processing Agreement, Supervisory Authorities, Law Enforcement

## Summary

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Misterbianco municipality. An employee had filed a complaint with the DPA due to the fact, that the municipality had published a document, containing personal data of them, on their website. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that the municipality had published the data without a valid legal basis and therefore had acted unlawfully.

## Full text

The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Misterbianco municipality. An employee had filed a complaint with the DPA due to the fact, that the municipality had published a document, containing personal data of them, on their website. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that the municipality had published the data without a valid legal basis and therefore had acted unlawfully.

GDPR Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR, Art. 2-ter Codice della privacy
Industry: Employment

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