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€5,000 Softehnica S.R.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Softehnica S.R.L. The controller had suffered a ransomware attack, which allowed unauthorized third parties to gain access to… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Security Privacy by Design & Default Controllers Jan 23, 2025
€15,000 Vodafone Romania S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on Vodafone Romania S.A. Personal data such as names, email addresses and customer numbers were repeatedly disclosed due to… ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Security Telecommunications Privacy by Design & Default Jan 20, 2025
€2,000 DELIVERY SOLUTIONS S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on DELIVERY SOLUTIONS S.A. A security incident led to the unauthorized disclosure of personal data (name, address, telephone… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Security Controllers Privacy by Design & Default Jan 17, 2025
€600 Pro Loco Tourist Association of Cittareale: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 600 on the Pro Loco Tourist Association of Cittareale. The controller published personal data of its members on its website without a… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Personal Data Processing Jan 16, 2025
€100,000 Realmaps S.r.l.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Realmaps S.r.l. The controller collects data on every real estate owner and sells it to customers who use it for direct marketing… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +12 Controllers Marketing IP Address Jan 16, 2025
€6,000 San Pio Hospital in Benevento: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on the San Pio Hospital in Benevento. The controller did not ensure that only entitled employees had access to technical… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Personal Data Healthcare Employees Jan 16, 2025
Asper Biogene OÜ: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Estonian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 85,000 on Asper Biogene OÜ. Asper Biogene OÜ suffered a data leak due to a lack of adequate security measures. The leak affected… ESTONIA ·AKI ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Notified Body Responsibilities and Operational Obligations Security Genetic Data Jan 10, 2025
€175,000 Credit Institution: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Luxembourg has issued a fine of EUR 175,000 on a Credit Institution. The controller failed to respond to information requests within the timeframe specified in Art. 12… LUXEMBOURG ·CNPD ·Art. 12 Controllers Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Jan 6, 2025
€2,000 Unirea Medical Center S.R.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on Unirea Medical Center S.R.L. The controller publicly exposed the access credentials for a data subject's email account on a… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 24, 32 Healthcare Healthcare Security Jan 3, 2025
€45M Vodafone GmbH: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000,000 on Vodafone GmbH. The controller failed to properly supervise a… BfDI Processors Controllers IP Address Jan 1, 2025
€357,000 Panek SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 357,000 on Panek SA. During the reconstruction of its website, the controller failed to implement adequate technical and organisational… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 32 Security Processing Agreement Controllers Dec 23, 2024
€300,000 LÍNEA DIRECTA ASEGURADORA, S.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 300,000 on LÍNEA DIRECTA ASEGURADORA, S.A.. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA stating that they had inquired about a car… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6, 28 Insurance Personal Data Controllers Dec 23, 2024
€40,000 Coolblue B.V: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of €40,000 on Coolblue. The company collected personal data via cookies without users' explicit consent, relying on pre-ticked consent boxes. THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6 Cookies Consent Processing Agreement Dec 23, 2024
€135,600 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA fined a company in the banking sector EUR 135,600. The DPA inspected the fined company and found several violations of the GDPR. First, the company failed to ensure… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 30, 35, 38 Privacy Impact Assessment DPIA Insurance Dec 18, 2024
€200,000 Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Belgian DPA has fined a hospital EUR 200,000. The hospital had suffered a ransomware attack through a vulnerability in the server, which paralyzed parts of the computer system… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 5, 24, 32 +1 DPIA Security Privacy Impact Assessment Dec 17, 2024
€251M Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited EUR 251 million. The fine was imposed for data protection violations related to a data breach… Notification Obligation Data Breaches Social Media Dec 17, 2024
€950,000 Sambla Group Oy: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Finnish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 950,000 on Sambla Group Oy. Security vulnerabilities in two of its comparison portals allowed unauthorized persons to access personal… FINLAND ·Deputy Data Protection Ombudsman ·Art. 5, 25, 32 Security Insurance Personal Data Dec 17, 2024
€70,000 INTERURBANA DE AUTOBUSES, S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined INTERURBANA DE AUTOBUSES, S.A. EUR 70,000 after an employee filed a complaint over the publication of personal data on the company's bulletin boards.… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5 Controllers Personal Data Employees Dec 16, 2024
€3.5M CAIXABANK, S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3.5 million on CAIXABANK, S.A. Following a complaint from customers, it was found that the mother of an account holder had access to a… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 25 Privacy by Default Privacy by Design Privacy by Design & Default Dec 12, 2024
€18,400 Granit Bostad Beritsholm AB: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 18,400 on the Granit Bostad Beritsholm AB. The controller, a property management company, installed CCTV cameras in an apartment complex… SWEDEN ·Art. 6, 13 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Video Surveillance Monitoring Controllers Dec 11, 2024
€4M GENERALI ESPAÑA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on GENERALI ESPAÑA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS. The controller had suffered a data breach where unknown third parties gained… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 25, 32 +1 Data Breaches Security Insurance Dec 10, 2024
€300 Private individual: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 300 on a data controller. The controller had installed a video surveillance system without adequately providing information for data… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 13 Video Surveillance Controllers Monitoring Dec 3, 2024
€6,900 Hospital: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Polish DPA has fined a district hospital in Września EUR 6,900 for failing to report a data breach to the DPA and data subjects in a timely manner. A patient had accidentally… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 33, 34 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Nov 26, 2024
€4.8M Netflix International B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4.75 million on Netflix. This fine is based on a complaint filed by the Austrian organization 'noyb'. During its investigation, the DPA… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +1 Personal Data Telecommunications Processing Nov 26, 2024
€220,000 CARTONAJES BAÑERES, S.A: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA has fined CARTONAJES BAÑERES, S.A. EUR 220,000. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to grant a former employee access to their… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 15, 35 DPIA Privacy Impact Assessment Employees Nov 22, 2024
€220,000 CARTONAJES BAÑERES, S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA imposed a fine of EUR 220,000 on CARTONAJES BAÑERES, S.A. following a complaint filed by a former employee. The employee had submitted a request to the controller… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 15, 35 Personal Data Biometric Data Employees Nov 22, 2024
€4,700 POLAND DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4,700 on a subcontractor that was contracted to redesign the website of another company. This fine is linked to ETid-2491. Due to an error… UODO ·Art. 28, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Encryption Security Privacy by Design & Default Nov 20, 2024
€358,000 POLAND DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 358,000 on a company. The company had inadvertently published customer data (first name, last name, email address, home address, encrypted… UODO ·Art. 5, 25, 28 +1 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Encryption Security Processing Agreement Nov 20, 2024
€2,300 Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Luxembourg has issued a fine of EUR 2,300 on a company, that is active in the retail sale of telecommunication equipement in specialised stores. The controller had… LUXEMBOURG ·CNPD ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +2 Video Surveillance Retention Period Monitoring Nov 20, 2024
€200,000 VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Vodafone España, S.A.U.. An individua had filed a complaint with the DPA because the company had given a duplicate of their… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6 Telecommunications Personal Data Processing Agreement Nov 19, 2024
€29,500 Sligo County Council: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Irish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 29,500 on the Sligo County Council. The controller used video surveillance but failed to ensure compliance with the GDPR. They failed to… IRELAND ·Art. 5, 13, 24 +3 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video Surveillance Security IP Address Nov 13, 2024
€678,897 Illumia Spa: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 678,897 on the energy company Illumia Spa for unlawfully processing personal data for marketing purposes. The fine follows complaints… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Security Privacy by Design & Default Processing Agreement Nov 13, 2024
€5M Foodinho Srl: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has fined the food delivery service Foodinho Srl EUR 5 million for unlawfully processing the data of approximately 35,000 drivers and for several violations of the… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 2, 5, 6 +11 IP Address Employees Personal Data Nov 13, 2024
€900,000 Debt collection service provider: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on a debt collection service provider. The company had unlawfully stored personal data (amounting to a six-digit number of… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Insurance Processing Nov 12, 2024
€200,000 Correo Inteligente Postal, S.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA fined Correo Inteligente Postal, S.L. EUR 200,000 after several incidents of undelivered letters containing personal data were reported. These letters, which… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 32 Security Controllers IP Address Nov 11, 2024
€1,000 Blackcab Systems SRL: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000 on Blackcab Systems SRL. A individual lodged a complaint with the DPA, alleging that the controller had failed to properly respond… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 12, 15 Personal Data Controllers Processing Agreement Nov 4, 2024
€15M OpenAI OpCo LLC: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 15 million on OpenAI in connection with the operation of the generative AI chatbot “ChatGPT”. The DPA found that OpenAI had violated… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +4 Fairness & Transparency IP Address Transparency Nov 2, 2024
€15,000 Untold SRL: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on Untold SRL. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to properly comply with a data subject's… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 12, 15, 17 Personal Data Controllers Supervisory Authorities Oct 30, 2024
€5,000 Vodafone Romania S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA fined Vodafone Romania S.A. EUR 5,000 for sending emails to different recipients without including them in the blind carbon copy (BCC) list. This resulted in the… ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Telecommunications IP Address Security Oct 28, 2024
€10,000 Profi Rom Food SRL: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on Profi Rom Food SRL. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had forwarded copies of several employees' ID… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Employees Processing Agreement Oct 23, 2024
€20,800 Grue municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Norwegian DPA fined Grue municipality EUR 20,800 following the municipality's notification of a data breach. The municipality reported that personal data of students had been… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 24, 32 Data Breaches Security Public Authority Oct 21, 2024
€5,800 POLAND DPA: Insufficient involvement of data protection officer The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,800 on a data controller. The controller failed to appoint a data protection officer and to provide the DPA with the contact details in… UODO ·Art. 37 ·Insufficient involvement of data protection officer Controllers Supervisory Authorities Processing Agreement Oct 18, 2024
€200,000 VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Vodafone España, S.A.U.. An individual had filed a complaint with the DPA because the company had given a duplicate of their… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6 Telecommunications Personal Data Processing Agreement Oct 18, 2024
€9,000 Vilnius District Municipality Administration: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Lithuanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000 on the Vilnius District Municipality Administration. The Municipality Administration had been hacked. The attack resulted in… LITHUANIA ·VDAI ·Art. 5, 32, 34 Security Public Authority Public Sector Oct 18, 2024
€3,000 Your Consulting SRL: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,000 on Your Consulting SRL. The controller had suffered a data breach involving the unauthorized disclosure of personal data. During… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 25, 32 Data Breaches Security Privacy by Design & Default Oct 16, 2024
Belgian DPA finds cookie banner without reject-all button and unequal withdrawal violates On 10 February 2023 the data subject, a trainee working at noyb – European Center for Digital Rights, visited the website of the controller, a Belgian media company. The data… 131/2024 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Cookies Direct Marketing Legitimate Interest Oct 11, 2024
€91M Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 91 million on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL). The DPC had initiated an investigation after MPIL reported that user passwords… Encryption Data Breaches Security Sep 27, 2024
€1.3M TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA SAU: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1.3 million on TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA SAU. The controller had reported a security incident to the DPA, stating that they had suffered a… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5 Telecommunications IP Address Security Sep 26, 2024
€904,000 Police Service of Northern Ireland: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The ICO fined the Police Service of Northern Ireland £750,000 (EUR 904,000) after accidentally publishing personal data of 9,483 police officers and staff on the internet. The… UNITED KINGDOM ·ICO ·Art. 5, 32 Security Personal Data Education Sep 26, 2024