Italy's DPA issues combined 415K euro fines over abortion-related privacy violations
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, fined Rome's city council and third-party property management firm Ama a combined 415,000 euros over privacy violations related to sensitive data breaches of individuals who have undergone abortions. The Garante found the city council was allowing the Ama to disclose the names of mothers on aborted fetuses' gravestones without consent and ordered information burial documents and medical certificates be sealed.Full story