Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles

The Lithuanian DPA has fined a company EUR 20,000. The company had suffered a data breach in which personal data of 50,000 data subjects were compromised. During its investigation, the DPA found that the company had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. These included the lack of adequate access controls and authentication of IT system administrators in the controller's information systems. Also, the DPA found that the company failed to set an appropriate retention period for personal data.

GDPR Articles: Art. 5 (1) e), f) GDPR, Art. 32 (1) b), d) GDPR
Industry: Not assigned