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€40,000 aiComply S.r.l.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The identity of whistleblowers must be protected by special confidentiality rules, as the information processed is particularly sensitive and the risk of retaliation and… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 28, 32 Security Encryption Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Jun 10, 2021
€50,000 Region Stockholm: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on Region Stockholm. The fine is related to an investigation against three companies and three Swedish regions. In all 21 regions… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 13, 14 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Data Breaches Healthcare Encryption Jun 7, 2021
€1.2M MedHelp AB: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,200,000 on MedHelp AB. The fine is related to an investigation against three companies and three Swedish regions. In all 21 regions of… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +2 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Encryption Jun 7, 2021
€64,500 Voice Integrate Nordic AB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 64,500 on Voice Integrate Nordic AB. The fine is related to an investigation against three companies and three Swedish regions. In all 21… SWEDEN ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Breaches Encryption Security Jun 7, 2021
€25,000 Region Värmland: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on Region Värmland. The fine is related to an investigation against three companies and three Swedish regions. In all 21 regions… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 13 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Data Breaches Healthcare Encryption Jun 7, 2021
€25,000 Region Sörmland: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on Region Sörmland. The fine is related to an investigation against three companies and three Swedish regions. In all 21 regions… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 13 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Data Breaches Healthcare Healthcare Jun 7, 2021
€27,700 Budapest Főváros Kormányhivatala XI. kerületi Hivatalát (11th District Public Health Department of the Government Office of the Capital City Budapest): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) has fined the XI District Office of the Government of Budapest EUR 27,700.The controller had emailed health data regarding Covid-19 rapid tests, as well… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 32, 33, 34 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Encryption Healthcare Mar 24, 2021
Private Individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Original summary: The DPA of Saxony-Anhalt imposed a fine of EUR 200 on a private individual. The controller had taken photos of vehicles and, in some cases, their drivers and… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 32 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Encryption IP Address Controllers Mar 3, 2021
€12,000 Orthodontic Clinic: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined an orthodontic clinic EUR 12,000. The web form that new patients used to sign up contained mandatory fields for all sorts of patient personal data.… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Encryption Healthcare Security Feb 4, 2021
€150,000 FRANCE DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a company and its subcontractor EUR 150,000 and EUR 75,000 for failing to take sufficient measures against credential stuffing attacks on the company's… CNIL ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Encryption Data Breaches Security Jan 27, 2021
€75,000 FRANCE DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a company and its subcontractor EUR 150,000 and EUR 75,000 for failing to take sufficient measures against credential stuffing attacks on the company's… CNIL ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Breaches Encryption Security Jan 27, 2021
€30,000 Enea S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Polish DPA (UODO) fined Enea S.A. EUR 30,000 for the controller's failure to report a personal data breach, in violation of Art. 33 (1) GDPR. The DPA received information… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Jan 11, 2021
€4M Bank: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Original fine summary: The Austrian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4,000,000 on a credit institution. The controller had stored an Excel file containing personal data, such as… AUSTRIA ·dsb ·Art. 5, 32 Data Breaches Encryption Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Jan 1, 2021
€54,000 Umeå University: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Umeå University SEK 550,000 (EUR 54,000) as a result of its failure to apply appropriate technical and organizational measures… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Encryption Security Healthcare Dec 11, 2020
€3,000 Miguel Ibáñez Bezanilla, S.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The company's website (license plate seller) requested personal information such as first and last name, copy of ID card and driver's license, and the car's VIN number, but… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 13, 32 Encryption Security Processing Nov 10, 2020
€200 Private Individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Original summary: The DPA of Saxony-Anhalt imposed a fine of EUR 200 on a private individual. The controller had taken photos of vehicles and, in some cases, their drivers and… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 32 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles IP Address Encryption Controllers Oct 24, 2020
€250,000 Spartoo: Non-compliance with general data processing principles A fine of EUR 250000 was imposed on the online retailer Spartoo. The reason for this was that the company, which has its headquarters in France but supplies a large number of… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 5, 13, 14 IP Address Encryption Personal Data Aug 5, 2020
€288,000 Digi Távközlési Szolgáltató Kft. ('Digi') (electronic communication service provider): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The company had infringed the principles of purpose limitation and storage restriction because its database contained a large amount of customer data which were no longer relevant… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 32 Encryption Security Storage Limitation Jun 12, 2020
€14,000 Gladsaxe Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A computer, containing personal data that was not protected by encryption, has been stolen, including sensitive information and personal identification numbers of 20,620 city… DENMARK ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 32 Encryption Security Personal Data Mar 10, 2020
€60,000 Corporación radiotelevisión espanola: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security CORPORACIÓN RADIOTELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA and the trade union have reported a security breach to the AEPD after six unencrypted USB sticks containing personal data were lost. The… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 32 Encryption Healthcare Criminal Data Nov 19, 2019
€100,000 Food company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The company had set up an applicant portal on its website where interested parties could submit their application documents online. However, the company did not offer an encrypted… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Encryption Security Inspection Access Rights and Cooperation Obligations Oct 24, 2019