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Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

€65,000 Fine
Company
GERMANY
Art. 32 GDPR
Data Breaches Security Privacy by Design & Default Processing Agreement Law Enforcement Controllers Supervisory Authorities
Jan 1, 2020 Source

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The DPA of Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of EUR 65,000 on a company. The reason for the proceedings was a report by the company to the authority regarding a data breach pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. As a result, the DPA conducted an audit of the company's web presence. In the process, the DPA discovered that an outdated web store application was used on the site, which was no longer provided with security updates. The developer had explicitly warned against further use of this version, as it contained significant security vulnerabilities. The investigations of the DPA further revealed that the passwords stored in the database were not sufficiently secured. The DPA concluded that the technical measures taken by the responsible party were not adequate for the protection requirements of the GDPR, resulting in a violation of Art. 32 GDPR.

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Original document at the source lfd.niedersachsen.de

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