# Tusla Child and Family Agency: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Data Protection Authority of Ireland
- Date: 2020-05-17
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-278
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/46393
- Topics: Personal Data, Education, Public Authority, Minors, Processing, Public Sector, Supervisory Authorities

## Summary

The company has erroneously disclosed personal data, including information about children, to unauthorized persons. In one case, the contact and location data of a mother and a child were disclosed to an alleged offender, and in two other cases, data about children in foster care were improperly disclosed to blood relatives, including in one case to a father in prison.

## Full text

The company has erroneously disclosed personal data, including information about children, to unauthorized persons. In one case, the contact and location data of a mother and a child were disclosed to an alleged offender, and in two other cases, data about children in foster care were improperly disclosed to blood relatives, including in one case to a father in prison.

GDPR Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Industry: Public Sector and Education

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