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UWV (Dutch employee insurance service provider): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

€450,000 fine - Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP)

€450,000 Fine
UWV (Dutch employee insurance service provider)
THE NETHERLANDS
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

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The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined UWV (the Dutch employee insurance service provider - 'Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen) EUR 450,000. The UWV had not properly secured the sending of group messages via the 'My Workbook' environment. This is a personal environment on the UWV website where job seekers have contact with the UWV. As a result, there were multiple data leaks of personal information, including health information, from a total of more than 15,000 individuals.

GDPR Articles: Art. 32 GDPR
Industry: Finance, Insurance and Consulting