Doctor fined €14,000 for violating patient data on Instagram

Data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou imposed a penalty of €14,000 on a doctor who published sensitive personal information on a patient on the social media platform Instagram.

According to an announcement by Loizidou’s office on Friday, the case emerged after a report by the patient, who saw that her doctor had published sensitive personal information accompanied by her name on Instagram without her consent.

Further details were not revealed.

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