Italy’s Data Protection Authority fines IQVIA €7 million over data protection breach
Executive Summary
Italy's Data Protection Authority fined IQVIA Solutions Italy Srl €7 million for a breach that exposed personal data of about one million patients from 800 family doctors, as the data were not anonymized. The fine follows investigation into the company's handling of healthcare data.
Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-10-03T20:41:36+00:00 - Category: data-breaches
Original Description: The following is a machine translation of a press release by Italy’s privacy guarantor: Healthcare data: The Privacy Guarantor fines IQVIA 7 million euros. The data of one million patients of 800 family doctors are not anonymous. The Italian Data Protection Authority has fined IQVIA Solutions Italy Srl €7 million. The company, part of a... Source
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