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Departement of Social Security: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

€550,000 Fine
Departement of Social Security
IRELAND
Art. 5 GDPR Art. 6 GDPR Art. 9 GDPR Art. 13 GDPR Art. 35 GDPR

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The Irish DPA imposed a fine of EUR 550,000 on the Departement of Social Security. The controller uses the so called SAFE 2 registration process for anyone applying for a Public Services Card. The SAFE 2 registration, which is mandatory, processes biometric data without a sufficient legal basis. The controller also failed to adequately inform data subjects in regards to the processing and to conduct a data protection impact assessment.

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