Enforcement
EN Public Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
€400,000 fine - Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD)
Content
Investigation revealed that the hospital’s staff, psychologists, dietitians and other professionals had access to patient data through false profiles. The profile management system appeared deficient – the hospital had 985 registered doctor profiles while only having 296 doctors. Moreover, doctors had unrestricted access to all patient files, regardless of the doctor’s specialty.
GDPR Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Industry: Health Care