City Council of Nelas

The Portuguese Data Protection Supervisory has applied a fine of EUR 2.500 to the City Council of Nelas, in light of a series of complaints filled due to the disclosure, on social media, of personal data regarding two people that had been infected with the covid-19 virus on a parish of the municipality. Although the municipality did not mention the specific name or address (indicating only the parish of residence) of the persons concerned, it revealed a circumstance (a trip to a certain country within a specific time interval) that allowed, according to the CNPD, in that small community, to identify to whom the social media post had referred to.