Enforcement · Data Protection Authority of Ireland EN LLM context A cited markdown file you can paste into your AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, a RAG or project knowledge base) to ground it in this document. Contains: this document’s text, its sections with their topics, and the full text of every law provision it applies. Everything links back to its source on overview.legal — legal information, not advice.

Irish Credit Bureau DAC: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 90,000 on Irish Credit Bureau (ICB).

€90,000 Fine
Irish Credit Bureau DAC
IRELAND
Art. 5 GDPR Art. 24 GDPR Art. 25 GDPR
Controllers Security Data Breaches Accuracy Insurance
Mar 23, 2021 Source dataprotection.ie

Full text

The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 90,000 on Irish Credit Bureau (ICB). The fine follows a data breach reported by the controller to the DPA on August 31, 2018. The controller is a credit reporting agency that maintains a database of credit contract performance between financial institutions and borrowers. The data breach occurred when the controller made a code change to its database that contained a technical error. As a result, between June 28, 2018 and August 30, 2018, the ICB database inaccurately updated the records of 15,120 closed accounts. The controller disclosed 1,062 inaccurate account records to financial institutions or affected individuals before the issue was resolved.

Industry: Finance, Insurance and Consulting

How it connects

References

All 6

Related across sources

14/2021 Cypriot court backs DPA fines of €40,000 each on football clubs and €25,000 on processor On 26 July 2021, a journalist informed the Cypriot DPA of a security vulnerability on an online platform. This online platform hosted ticket purchase sites of two Cypriot football… Administrative Court of Cyprus May 12, 2026 Controllers Processors Supervisory Authorities
Guidelines 01/2022 data subject rights - Right of access Guidelines ·EDPB Apr 17, 2023 Right of Access Personal Data Right to Rectification
Guidelines 07/2020 concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Jul 7, 2021 Controllers Processors IP Address
C-340/21 VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite C-340/21 (VB v Natsionalna agentsia) CJEU Dec 14, 2023 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Notification Obligation
Guidelines 4/2019 Article 25 Data Protection by Design and by Default Version 2.0 Adopted on 20 October 2020 Guidelines on data protection by design and by default Guidelines ·EDPB Oct 20, 2020 Privacy by Design & Default Privacy by Default Privacy by Design
BA-6S/221/2019 Court upholds €50,000 fine on Sociálna poisťovňa for sending sensitive data by ordinary Sociálna poisťovňa, the social insurance agency (the controller), processes applications for foreign invalidity pensions and forwards related documents to the social insurance… Jun 25, 2025 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Personal Data Data Breaches
Related documents