# Skåne region: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Data Protection Authority of Sweden
- Date: 2023-04-26
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-1787
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/47902
- Topics: Encryption, Security, Privacy by Design & Default, Personal Data, Processing Agreement, Education, Public Authority, Supervisory Authorities, Public Sector, Law Enforcement

## Summary

The Swedish DPA has fined Skåne region EUR 17,600. An employee of the region had lost an unencrypted USB stick containing the social security numbers and sensitive personal data of nearly 2,000 people. The DPA found that the region had failed to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data.

## Full text

The Swedish DPA has fined Skåne region EUR 17,600. An employee of the region had lost an unencrypted USB stick containing the social security numbers and sensitive personal data of nearly 2,000 people. The DPA found that the region had failed to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data.

GDPR Articles: Art. 32 (1) GDPR
Industry: Public Sector and Education

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