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€394,000 City of Stockholm: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA imposed a fine on the City of Stockholm for data breaches on a school education platform. The platform consists of different subsystems, including a system for… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Breaches Audit Logs Education Nov 24, 2020
DSB (Austria) - 2020-0.743.659 The data subject (customer) filed a complaint against a Viennese restaurant claiming a violation of § 1 Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz - DSG) and Article 6 GDPR:… 2020-0.743.659 ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +1 Personal Data Health Data Healthcare Nov 19, 2020
€20,000 Università Campus Bio-medico di Roma (Polyclinic): Non-compliance with general data processing principles In a data breach notification pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR, the data protection authority found that patients accessing their online medical reports via their smartphones could also… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Healthcare Oct 26, 2020
€6,000 Cyprus Police: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A police officer had unauthorized access to a database holding personal data about vehicle owners and used the database for non-official purposes to pass information from the… Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Security Oct 22, 2020
€15,000 Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The data subject made a claim for access to information according to Art. 15 GDPR, which could not be answered, since the insurance contract of the data subject could not be found… Art. 5, 15, 32 +1 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Oct 19, 2020
€276,000 Bergen Municipality: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security In October 2019, the Data Protection Authority was informed by the Municipality of Bergen about a data breach in connection with the municipality's tool for communication between… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 32 Data Breaches Security Education Sep 3, 2020
€85,000 Tusla Child and Family Agency: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Irish DPA (DPC) fined Tusla Child and Family Agency EUR 85,000. The controller had reported 71 data breaches to the Irish DPA that occurred between May 25 and November 16,… IRELAND ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Security Aug 12, 2020
€3,600 Saunier-Tec Mantenimientos de Calor y Frio, SL.: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Although the company had taken steps to remedy a data breach, it had not informed the AEPD sufficiently. As a result, the AEPD imposed a fine of EUR 4,800, which was reduced to… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 33 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Jul 2, 2020
€40,000 Tusla Child and Family Agency: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The organization sent a letter with abuse allegations to a third party who then uploaded it to social networks. IRELAND ·Art. 33 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Data Breaches Notification Obligation Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Jun 30, 2020
€6,700 Lejre Municipality: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The data protection authority had found that the Lejre Municipal Child and Youth Centre had regularly uploaded minutes of meetings with particularly sensitive and sensitive… DENMARK ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 6, 33 +1 Data Breaches Personal Data Education Jun 30, 2020
€7,500 PVV Overijssel: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Dutch DPA (AP) fined the Overijssel local branch of the PVV party EUR 7,500 for failing to notify the AP of a personal data breach, in violation of Art. 33 GDPR. An email… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Jun 16, 2020
€1,168 Entrepreneur running a non-public nursery and pre-school: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Fine for not answering requests for further information of the supervisory authority in due time following a data breach. POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 31, 58 Data Breaches Supervisory Authorities Supervision Jun 3, 2020
€18,700 National Government Service Centre (NGSC): Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The DPA's decision shows that it took almost five months for the company to notify the data subjects of a data breach and almost three months for the DPA to receive a notification… SWEDEN ·Art. 33, 34 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Apr 29, 2020
€50,000 Proximus SA: Insufficient involvement of data protection officer According to the data protection authority, the company's data protection officer was not sufficiently involved in the processing of personal data breaches and the company did not… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 31, 37, 58 Notified Body Responsibilities and Operational Obligations Supervisory Authorities Scientific Panel Independence Apr 28, 2020
€42,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security According to the AEPD, the company had not been able to demonstrate adequate measures to ensure information security, leading to unauthorized access to personal data of a client. SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Right of Access Mar 3, 2020
€65,000 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of EUR 65,000 on a company. The reason for the proceedings was a report by the company to the authority regarding a data breach pursuant… GERMANY ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Breaches Security Privacy by Design & Default Jan 1, 2020
€2,000 MALTA DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A third party has gained unauthorized access to another person's account. Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Breaches Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Jan 1, 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 ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Personal Data Social Media IP Address Dec 17, 2019
€20,000 S CNTAR TAROM SA (Airline): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian data protection authority imposed a sanction on an airline because it has not taken appropriate measures to ensure that any natural person acting under its… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Security Dec 4, 2019
€7,400 Military Hospital: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations A military hospital did not meet the reporting deadline for data breaches. Another part of the fine relates to a lack of technical and organisational measures. HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 32, 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Oct 24, 2019
CNPD (Portugal) - 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 ·Art. 2, 3, 5 +8 Controllers Processing Personal Data Sep 3, 2019
€180,000 ACTIVE ASSURANCES (car insurer): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Large amount of customer accounts, clients' documents (including copies of driver's licences, vehicle registration, bank statements and documents to determine whether a person had… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 32 Insurance Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Jul 25, 2019
€3,000 LEGAL COMPANY & TAX HUB SRL: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The fine was imposed because adequate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing were not implemented. This has led… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Security Jul 5, 2019
€15,150 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The data controller did not fulfil its data breach notification obligations when a flash memory with personal data was lost. NAIH ·Art. 33 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Data Breaches Notification Obligation Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Jun 25, 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
€61,500 Payment service provider UAB MisterTango: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations During an inspection, the Lithuanian Data Protection Supervisory Authority found that the controller processed more data than necessary to achieve the purposes for which he was a… LITHUANIA ·VDAI ·Art. 5, 32, 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction May 16, 2019
€50,000 Italian political party Movimento 5 Stelle: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A number of websites affiliated to the Italian political party Movimento 5 Stelle are run, by means of a data processor, through the platform named Rousseau. The platform had… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 32 Controllers Processors Data Breaches Apr 17, 2019
€34,375 Hungarian political party: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations NAIH imposed a fine of HUF 11,000,000 (EUR 34,375) on an undisclosed Hungarian political party for failing to notify the NAIH and relevant individuals about a data breach, and… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 33, 34 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Apr 5, 2019
€3,200 Mayor's Office of the city of Kecdkemét: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was imposed on the Mayor’s Office of the city of Kecskemét for unlawful disclosure of the personal information of a whistleblower.NAIH imposed the fine after an employee… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6 Data Breaches Education Public Authority Feb 28, 2019
€20,000 Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH (HVV GmbH): Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations On July 6, 2018, HVV GmbH was informed by a customer about a security gap on the website www.hvv.de, which was caused by an update on February 5, 2018 and concerned the so-called… GERMANY ·Art. 33, 34 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Jan 1, 2019
€20,000 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Late notification of a data breach and failure to notify the data subjects. Art. 33, 34 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Data Breaches Notification Obligation Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Jan 1, 2018