Executive Summary

Italy's Data Protection Authority fined IQVIA €7 million ($7.8M) for poor data-processing practices that could expose roughly one million patients to data exposure and de-anonymization.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Bleeping Computer - Published Date: 2026-10-05T17:19:53+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: Italy's Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has fined IQVIA €7 million ($7.8M) over poor data-processing practices that the agency says could have put roughly one million patients at risk of data exposure and de-anonymization. [...]

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