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€300 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about their ex-partner's new partner. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing 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
Sports photography company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Berlin has imposed a fine on a sports photography company. A sports photographer had published over 16,000 photos of minors who had taken part in a swimming competition… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€80,700 Beauty salon: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 80,700 on a beauty salon. The controller had installed video cameras in all its premises, which permanently recorded customers and… HUNGARY · ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in the civil register for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·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
€6,000 Hermes Airport Ltd.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on Hermes Airport Ltd. The controller had suffered a cyber attack which, according to the DPA, had been caused due to a lack of… CYPRUS · ·Art. 24, 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
€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
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
Restaurant operator: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Berlin has imposed a fine on a restaurant operator. During the Corona pandemic, the operator had required restaurant visitors to fill out forms with their personal data… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Bremen imposed a fine on a company 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
LATVIA DPA: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Five fines for failing to comply with orders issued by the DPA. ·Art. 58 ·Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Jan 1, 2022
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen imposed a fine on a private individual. The individual, who worked at a Covid19 testing center, had contacted a patient privately using the contact details the… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing 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
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
€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
€500 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Niedersachsen imposed a fine of EUR 5,00 on a private individual. The individual had taken pictures of numerous young women in public. In the course of its… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Nine fines between EUR 200 and EUR 1000 for unlawful use of a dashcam. Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Bremen has imposed a five-digit fine on a company. The controller had unlawfully used GPS software in its company vehicles, allowing unrestricted monitoring of its… GERMANY ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles 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
Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The DPA from Bremen has fined a company for failing to inform the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR that an employee's business email account had been hacked. GERMANY ·Art. 33 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations 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
€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
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
€1,500 Physician: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,500 on a physician. The DPA had conducted an investigation against the physician for the unlawful operation of a video surveillance… CYPRUS · ·Art. 31 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
€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
€1,400 Covid-19 test center: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 1,400 on a Covid-19 test center. The controller intended to fulfill its statutory documentation obligations and scanned the front… GERMANY · ·Art. 6 Jan 1, 2022
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen imposed a fine on a physician for using a patient's contact details to contact them privately without their consent. GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Company: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The DPA of Bremen has imposed a three-digit fine on a company. The company offered its applicants an online application procedure on its website without informing users about the… GERMANY ·Art. 12, 13 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Jan 1, 2022
€5,000 Cyprus Judo Federation: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine on the Cyprus Judo Federation. The father of a member had filed a complaint with the DPA because the judo coach of his minor son had published… ·Art. 31 ·Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Jan 1, 2022
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen imposed a fine on a private individual. The individual who worked in a restaurant, had contacted a restaurant visitor privately using the contact information… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Berlin imposed a fine on a private individual. The individual, who worked in a store, had contacted a customer privately using the contact information they had… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·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
€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
€800 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about a colleague. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€7,380 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes over a period of three years. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€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
Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Latvian DPA has fined a company for issuing loyalty cards to customers without a valid legal basis. LATVIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Jan 1, 2022
€8,900 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Niedersachsen imposed a fine of EUR 8,900 on a company. The company had a customer database on the Internet with thousands of entries. During its investigation, the DPA… GERMANY ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security 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
€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
€20,000 The DPA from Baden-Württemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a company The company had developed a new office plan that took into account the vaccination status of its employees. For information purposes, the office plan showing the new occupancy was… Company: €20,000 fine ·GERMANY ·Unknown Jan 1, 2022
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in the job center database systems for private research purposes GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Bank: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a five-digit fine on a bank. The bank had installed a video surveillance system that covered parts of the foyer of the branch with ATMs, the… GERMANY ·Art. 28, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2022
€500 The DPA from Baden-Württemberg imposed a fine of EUR 500 on a restaurant The owner had disposed of a large quantity of Covid contact forms in the forest. Restaurant: €500 fine ·GERMANY ·Unknown Jan 1, 2022
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Thüringen has imposed a fine on a controller. The controller had installed a video surveillance camera in the public entrance area of an apartment building without a… Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€60M Facebook Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing On December 31, 2021, the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 60,000,000 on Facebook Ireland Ltd. The CNIL received several complaints regarding the manner in which cookies… FRANCE · ·Art. 82 Dec 31, 2021
€60M Google Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing On December 31, 2021, the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 60,000,000 on Google Ireland Ltd. The CNIL received several complaints regarding the manner in which cookies… FRANCE · ·Art. 82 Dec 31, 2021