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Italian Data Protection Authority Plans to Inspect Life Sciences Companies in 2020

The Italian Data Protection Authority has recently issued its inspection plan for the first half of 2020. The Authority plans about 80 inspections through the fiscal police. 

Inter alia, the Authority plans to inspect health data processing carried out by multinational companies operating in the pharma and health sector. In case that’s what you do, make sure your GDPR documents are in order.

Other industries will also be impacted, such as whistleblowing software, marketing, online banking, food delivery and call center services.

In 2019 the Italian Data Protection Authority has issued sanctions amounting to Euro 15,910,390.