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DSB (Austria) - DSB-D124.1749

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The DPA dismissed the data subject's complaint about their social security number shared with a financial service provider to obtain financial aid from the controller as it was only used as an identifier and was therefore not considered sensitive. English Summary. Facts. The controller shared the data subject's social security number with a financial service provider in order to provide financial aid, to which the data subject did not consent. On 17.02.2020, the data subject lodged a complaint with the Austrian DPA (DSB) regarding the unlawful disclosure of their date of birth under Article 9 GDPR, which posed a risk of accessing the data subject's health records using their social security number. On 19.03.2020, the controller stated that the complaint was unfounded, since the data subject had not mentioned anyone taking note of their social security number. Furthermore, financial transactions in contemporary business environments are fully automated, and the field cont

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