# Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
- Date: 2023-05-05
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-1908
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/48023
- Topics: Data Breaches, Security, Privacy by Design & Default, Public Authority, Personal Data, Education, IP Address, Controllers, Public Sector, Processing Agreement

## Summary

The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,200 on a municipality. The controller had reported a data breach to the DPA. An employee had unauthorizedly copied a document containing personal data from a company computer onto an unauthorized data carrier. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent such unauthorized copying and to protect personal data.

## Full text

The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,200 on a municipality. The controller had reported a data breach to the DPA. An employee had unauthorizedly copied a document containing personal data from a company computer onto an unauthorized data carrier. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent such unauthorized copying and to protect personal data.

GDPR Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 5 (2) GDPR, Art. 25 (1) GDPR, Art. 32 (1), (2) GDPR
Industry: Public Sector and Education

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