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Region of Syddanmark: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

€67,900 Fine
Region of Syddanmark
DENMARK
Art. 32 GDPR
Data Breaches Notification Obligation Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Healthcare Controllers Personal Data IP Address
Jul 16, 2021 Source

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The Danish DPA (Datatilsynet) has fined the Region of Syddanmark EUR 67,900 for failing to comply with its obligation as a data controller to implement adequate security measures. The matter came to the attention of the DPA when a citizen complained to the authority in 2020 about the lack of security in the processing of personal data of the citizen's child by the region, and shortly thereafter the region reported the matter to the authority as a personal data breach. The Region of Syddanmark had maintained a database for research and clinical purposes for a period of more than 1.5 years, whereby the database was not adequately secured against unauthorized access. By manipulating URLs, it was possible to gain access to PDF documents stored in the database. This allowed citizens who were registered in the database - and who also had a login to the database - to access the personal data of people registered in the database. The database contained questionnaires with health information on more than 30,000 children receiving psychiatric care.

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