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€27,000 Vejle Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Danish DPA (Datatilsynet) has imposed a fine of EUR 27,000 on Vejle municipality. The Danish DPA had started investigations against the municipality after it had reported a… DENMARK ·Datatilsynet (DK) ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Security Supervisory Authorities Jun 16, 2021
€34,000 Huppuís ehf: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Icelandic DPA (Persónuvernd) has imposed a fine of EUR 34,000 on Huppuís ehf. A former employee filed a complaint against the controller with the DPA. The reason for this was… ICELAND ·Persónuvernd ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 Legitimate Interest Controllers Personal Data Jun 15, 2021
€150,000 Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari di Trento: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari di Trento EUR 150,000. The controller had accidentally forwarded 293 medical reports of 175 patients… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9 Controllers Healthcare Processing May 27, 2021
€23,100 InfoMentor ehf: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Icelandic DPA (Persónuvernd) has imposed a fine of EUR 23,100 on InfoMentor ehf. Previously, the controller had reported a data breach according to Art. 33 GDPR. The incident… ICELAND ·Persónuvernd ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Security Controllers Apr 29, 2021
€750,000 TikTok: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined the video portal TikTok EUR 750,000 for violating the privacy of young children. The information that Dutch users - mostly young children - received… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12 Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Supervision Apr 9, 2021
€100,000 Asker Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) has fined the municipality of Asker EUR 100,000. On May 20, 2020, the DPA received a notice that the municipality had unlawfully published… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 5, 6, 24 +1 Public Authority Personal Data Security Mar 15, 2021
€1,000 School: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Belgian DPA (APD) fined a school EUR 1,000. The controller had conducted a survey on student well-being via a smartschooling system. The DPA states that the controller did not… BELGIUM ·APD/GBA ·Art. 5, 6, 8 Retention Period Controllers Consent Mar 15, 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 Personal Data Security Feb 4, 2021
€10,000 Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) fined Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma EUR 50,000. The controller, a hospital, had reported two data breaches to the Italian DPA in which… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9 Healthcare Personal Data Controllers Jan 27, 2021
€10,000 City of Rome (Roma capitale): Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on the city of Rome (Roma capitale). The city had published a document on the municipal website stating that a mother had not paid… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 2, 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Public Authority Jan 27, 2021
€38,600 Coop Finnmark SA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) fined Coop Finnmark SA NOK 400,000 (EUR 38,600). The manager of the store in question recorded CCTV footage with a mobile phone and shared the… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 5, 6 Processing Video Surveillance Minors Jan 14, 2021
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg imposed a fine on a physician. The father of a minor patient had filed a complaint with the DPA because the physician had transmitted numerous data on his… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Healthcare Consent Processing Jan 1, 2021
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a four-digit fine on a doctor of child and adolescent psychotherapy. The doctor had set up a Whatsgroup with 230 participants to communicate… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Consent Healthcare Minors Jan 1, 2021
€800,000 Carrefour Banque: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine on Carrefour Banque for violation of its obligation to process data fairly (Article 5 (1) GDPR). If a person who subscribed to the Pass card… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 5 Accountability Processing Insurance Nov 18, 2020
€900,000 Telecoms provider (1&1 Telecom GmbH): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Original Fine Summary: The Controller is a company offering telecommunication services. A caller could obtain extensive information on personal customer data from the company's… GERMANY ·BfDI ·Art. 32 Personal Data Controllers Security Nov 11, 2020
€30,000 PS/00032/2020 A user of the website of Iberia, an airline, lodged a complaint before the Spanish DPA (AEPD) saying that they had not been given an option to reject the cookies when using the… Spain ·AEPD ·Art. 22 Consent Personal Data Recipient Oct 16, 2020
32/2020 The complainant, making use of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion's Order 12773/Δ2/23.01.2015, filed in the name of their son an exemption request from the participation… 32/2020 ·Greece ·HDPA Personal Data Types of Special Categories of Personal Data Retention Period Sep 7, 2020
€46,660 Municipality of Rælingen: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Fine for the processing of children's health data in connection with disability through the digital learning platform 'Showbie'. The Municipality had failed to carry out a Data… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 32, 35 DPIA Security Personal Data Jul 10, 2020
€75,000 Tusla Child and Family Agency: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The company has erroneously disclosed personal data, including information about children, to unauthorized persons. In one case, the contact and location data of a mother and a… IRELAND ·DPC ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Public Authority May 17, 2020
€15,000 Website providing legal information: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations An operator of a website for legal news had the privacy statement only available in English, although it was also addressed to a Dutch and French speaking audience. In addition,… BELGIUM ·APD/GBA ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Personal Data Fairness & Transparency IP Address Dec 17, 2019
Deliberação 2019/494 In its Opinion 20/2018 concerning the draft of Law 58/2019 which ensures the implementation of the GDPR in the portuguese national legal framework, the DPA drew the attention of… Deliberação 2019/494 ·Portugal ·CNPD (PT) Controllers Legitimate Interest Personal Data Sep 3, 2019
€18,630 School in Skellefteå: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A school in Skellefteå made a trial to use facial recognition technology. The fine was imposed against the school which had used facial recognition technology to monitor the… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 9, 35 +1 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Types of Special Categories of Personal Data Personal Data Monitoring Aug 20, 2019
€286 Directorate of Social and Child Welfare Institutions of the Ferencvaros District of Budapest: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The employee of the Directorate sent by mistake 9 letters to the wrong recipient, which contained personal data of 18 data subjects (including data of children, criminal data and… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations May 21, 2019
€170,000 Bergen Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The incident relates to computer files with usernames and passwords to over 35000 user accounts in the municipality’s computer system. The user accounts related to both pupils in… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 5, 32 Security Personal Data Public Authority Mar 1, 2019
Norwegian DPA: Legelisten.no may process healthcare reviews without prior consent Legelisten.no AS is a Norwegian limited liability company running a website where people anonymously can post reviews about dentists, doctors, psychologists and other healthcare… 15/01355 ·Norway ·Datatilsynet (NO) Consent Legitimate Interest Supervisory Authorities Nov 8, 2017