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€2,500 MALTA DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The controller has unlawfully disclosed personal data of a data subject. Art. 24, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€7,500 DW Dynamic Works LIMITED: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 7,500 on DW Dynamic Works LIMITED. The controller operated as a processor for the Cypriot Ministry of Denfese. The minsitry had suffered… CYPRUS · ·Art. 32 Jan 1, 2022
€6,500 Pharmacy: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Baden-Württemberg imposed a fine of EUR 6,500 on a pharmacy. The pharmacy had disposed of a large number of personal documents, including diagnoses and medical… GERMANY ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 2022
€3,400 Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA imposed a fine of EUR 3,400 on a company. The data subject had concluded an energy supply contract with the controller in the past, but then duly terminated it.… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€1,300 Website operator: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,300 on a website operator. An individual had filed a complaint with the DPA against the controller due to the fact that the… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 12, 31 Jan 1, 2022
Logistics company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A logistics company had disposed of delivery lists in a public waste paper container. The lists contained a large amount of detailed information, such as the first and last names… GERMANY · ·Art. 32, 33 Jan 1, 2022
Supermarket: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine on a supermarket. A store detective had taken a photo of the data subject on the occasion of an alleged theft and transmitted it via the… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€5,000 Cypriot Ministry of Defense: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on the Cypriot Ministry of Defense. The controller had suffered a cyber attack which, according to the DPA, had been caused due to… CYPRUS · ·Art. 24, 32 Jan 1, 2022
€1,000 Covid-19 test center: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Hamburg has fined a Covid-19 test center EUR 1,000 for failing to comply with the right of data subjects to have their personal data deleted. GERMANY · ·Art. 17 Jan 1, 2022
Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a five-digit fine on a company. The company had sent an unredacted social plan to all affected employees in the context of dismissals due to… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€250,000 MALTA DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The controller has failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€5,000 Cyprus Electricity Authority: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 17,000 on Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd. In the context of a sale of credit facilities, the bank had inadvertently transferred data… ·Art. 5, 24, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€2,700 Covid-19 test center: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 2,700 on a Covid-19 test center. The test center had send the data subjects an unencrypted e-mail containing a URL that allowed them… GERMANY · ·Art. 32 Jan 1, 2022
Debt collection company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Baden-Württemberg has imposed a fine on a debt collection company. The debt collection company had received investor information from an employee of an insolvent… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 14 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Data protection officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Thüringen has imposed a three-digit fine on the data protection officer of a company. The controller had posted a photo in a WhatsApp group of the company which showed… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Credit agency: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Berlin imposed a fine on a credit agency. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had stored 27 false addresses and 13 false dates of… GERMANY ·Art. 15 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Jan 1, 2022
€65,000 MALTA DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The controller has violated numerous GDPR regulations, involving special categories of personal data of numerous individuals. Art. 5, 6, 9 +3 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 2022
€16,400 Covid-19 test center: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hessen has fined a Covid-19 test center EUR 16,400. The controller had sent an e-mail containing personal data to several recipients in an open distribution list. The… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 33 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€5,000 DW Dynamic Works LIMITED: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on DW Dynamic Works LIMITED. The controller operated as a processor for Hermes Airport Ltd.. Hermes had suffered a cyberattack… CYPRUS · ·Art. 32 Jan 1, 2022
€17,000 Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 17,000 on Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd. In the context of a sale of credit facilities, the bank had inadvertently transferred data… ·Art. 5, 24, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€12,800 Political party: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Bulgarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 12,800 on a political party. Several individuals had filed a complaint with the DPA because their personal data had been added to voter… BULGARIA · ·Art. 6 Jan 1, 2022
€3,500 Universal Life Insurance Public Co Ltd.: Insufficient data processing agreement The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,500 on Universal Life Insurance Public Co Ltd. The processor of the data controller had suffered a data breach in which personal data… CYPRUS · ·Art. 24, 28 Jan 1, 2022
Physician: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Bremen imposed a fine on a physician for failing to respond to a data subject's request for access to their data in a timely manner. GERMANY ·Art. 12 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Jan 1, 2022
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Nordrhein-Westfalen has fined a physician. The physician had responded to a negative online reviews regarding their practice, disclosing personal data of a patient. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Aid organization: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a five-figure fine on an aid organization. The aid organization provides transportation for people with illnesses. The organization had reported… GERMANY ·Art. 28, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€50,000 Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Niedersachsen has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on a company. The company sent out a newsletter by e-mail that could not be unsubscribed from due to technical… GERMANY ·Art. 15, 21 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Jan 1, 2022
Restaurant operator: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a five-figure fine on a restaurant operator. During the Corona pandemic, the operator had required restaurant visitors to fill out forms with… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€1,600 Physician: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Hungarian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 1,600 on a physician. A patient had filed a complaint against the controller with the DPA. The patient had asked the doctor to send all… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 Jan 1, 2022
€1,400 Dentist: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA has fined a dentist EUR 1,300. The controller had installed several surveillance cameras in their practice, which permanently recorded employees and patients.… HUNGARY · ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 2022
Medical care center: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine on a medical care center for having scanned a customer's ID card against their will and stored the copy. Once the customer complained, they… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€3,750 PRINTAFORM Ltd.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,750 on PRINTAFORM Ltd. PRINTAFORM, which worked as a processor for Universal Life Insurance Public Co Ltd, had suffered a data breach… CYPRUS · ·Art. 28, 32 Jan 1, 2022
€25,000 PLUS REAL ADVERTISEMENT: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on PLUS REAL ADVERTISEMENT. The controller had conducted advertising calls without the consent of the data subjects. In addition,… GREECE · ·Art. 11, 13, 14 Dec 31, 2021
€30,000 INFO COMMUNICATION SERVICES: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 30,000 on INFO COMMUNICATION SERVICES. The controller had conducted advertising calls without the consent of the data subjects. In… GREECE · ·Art. 11, 13, 14 Dec 31, 2021
€150M Google LLC is a subsidiary owned wholly by Alphabet Inc Google Ireland Limited ('GIL') "presents itself" as the headquarters for the Google group's operations in the EEA and Switzerland. In March 2020 the French DPA (CNIL) carried out… SAN-2021-023 ·France · Dec 31, 2021
€75,000 Greek Ministry of Tourism: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 75,000 on the Greek Ministry of Tourism. A data breach had occurred at the authority. According to the DPA, an attempt by a citizen to… GREECE · ·Art. 13, 32, 33 +1 Dec 29, 2021
€180,000 SLIMPAY: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) has imposed a fine of EUR 180,000 on the payment institution SLIMPAY. In 2015, SLIMPAY conducted an internal research project in which it processed personal… FRANCE · ·Art. 28, 32, 34 Dec 28, 2021
€300,000 FREE MOBILE: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The French DPA (CNIL) has imposed a fine of EUR 300,000 on FREEE MOBILE. The CNIL had received numerous complaints regarding the company's failure to comply with data subjects'… FRANCE · ·Art. 12, 15, 21 +2 Dec 28, 2021
€6,000 REAL CLUB NÁUTICO DE RIBADEO: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on REAL CLUB NÁUTICO DE RIBADEO. The controller had uploaded links to court decisions containing personal data of the data… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Dec 28, 2021
€2,000 Call shop manager: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on the manager of a call shop. In the context of a job vacancy, the manager had set up a stand where applicants could submit their… SPAIN · ·Art. 13 Dec 28, 2021
€5,000 Medical clinic: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Finnish DPA has fined a medical clinic EUR 5,000. A customer of the clinic had complained to the DPA that he had not received access to his medical records from the clinic… FINLAND · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +2 Dec 26, 2021
€5,000 HUBSIDE IBÉRICA S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 HUBSIDE IBÉRICA S.L.. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA against the controller for charging her several… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Dec 22, 2021
€5,000 Sfam España General s.l.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Sfam España General s.l.. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA against the controller for charging her… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Dec 22, 2021
€1.3M Lisbon City Council: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Portuguese DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1.25 million on the Lisbon City Council. The fine is the sum of 225 fines from various violations committed by the municipality since… PORTUGAL · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +2 Dec 21, 2021
€10,000 ASL Latina: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA (Garante) fined ASL Latina EUR 10,000. The controller had mistakenly sent documents containing health data of the data subject to an uninvolved third party. ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Dec 17, 2021
€3,900 T. Stene Transport AS: €3,900 fine The Norwegian DPA has fined T. Stene Transport AS EUR 3,900 due to an unfair credit check on a data subject. NORWAY · ·Unknown Dec 17, 2021
€2,000 Online retailer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on an online retailer. The data subject bought a product from the controller's online store via eBay and paid with Paypal. However,… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Dec 17, 2021
€10,000 Centro di Medicina preventiva s.r.l.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined Centro di Medicina preventiva s.r.l. EUR 10,000. The controller reported a database under Art. 33 GDPR in connection with a cyberattack by a… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 25, 32 +1 Dec 16, 2021
€13,450 Municipality of Frederiksberg: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Danish DPA has fined the municipality of Frederiksberg EUR 13,450. On March 1, 2021, the municipality reported a data breach under Art. 33 GDPR. The municipality's dental care… DENMARK · ·Art. 32 Dec 16, 2021
Enel Energia S.p.A: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Originial fine summary: The Italian DPA has fined Enel Energia S.p.A EUR 26.5 million for numerous breaches of the GDPR. Following a complex preliminary investigation launched… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +7 Dec 16, 2021
€6,500 Travel agency: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Finnish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,500 on a travel agency. A customer of the travel agency informed the DPA to suspect that the company might not process the data of its… FINLAND · ·Art. 5, 17, 25 +1 Dec 16, 2021