🔴 IQVIA fined $7.8 million for failing to properly anonymize health data

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.

IQVIA is a multinational company that provides healthcare data analysis, technology, and clinical research services. The company claims on its website that it operates in over 100 countries and handles 68 petabytes of data and 1.2 billion patient records.

Italian authorities investigated IQVIA's data-processing practices in April 2025, and last month decided that the company did not provide adequate health-data anonymization warranties, despite its claims.