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Physician: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A physician had stored patient records in an open carport and not in a locked room. GERMANY ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2021
€10,100 Car trading group: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 10,110 on a car trading group. The company had informed the customer base that the reasons for the restructuring there was the absence… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Medical clinic: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Berlin has imposed a fine on a medical clinic. The clinic had installed 21 cameras in its premises for the purpose of protection against crime and property damage.… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 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 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 Jan 1, 2021
€3,000 Doctor: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a doctor EUR 3,000 for violations of Art. 32 GDPR and Art. 33 GDPR. The controller had stored medical image data as MRI and X-ray images as well as… FRANCE · ·Art. 32, 33 Dec 17, 2020
€40,000 Miropass S.r.l.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA (Garante) fined Miropass S.r.l. EUR 40,000. Miropass is the provider of the TuPassi booking system, which among others has been used by the Municipality of Rome… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +1 Dec 17, 2020
€6,000 Doctor: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a doctor EUR 6,000 for violations of Art. 32 GDPR and Art. 33 GDPR. The controller had stored medical image data such as MRI and X-ray images as well… FRANCE · ·Art. 32, 33 Dec 17, 2020
€100,000 Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Toscana Sud Est: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est. The controller is a company in the healthcare sector that, among other things, launched the… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 13, 14 +4 Dec 17, 2020
€97,150 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) imposed a fine of EUR 97,150 against a credit institute. Two parents contacted the Hungarian DPA regarding the processing of personal data by their credit… ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +1 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Dec 16, 2020
€6,250 LATVIA DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Latvian DPA (DSI) fined an employer EUR 6,250 for sending personal data of an employee, including health data, to fellow employees by email. The DSI found that the data… ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Dec 15, 2020
€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 Dec 11, 2020
€390,100 Karolinska University Hospital of Solna: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Karolinska University Hospital of Solna SEK 4,000,000 (EUR 390,100) for failing to implement adequate technical and… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€1.2M Aleris Sjukvård AB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Aleris Sjukvård AB SEK 12,000,000 (EUR 1,168,000) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€2.9M Capio St. Göran AB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Capio St. Göran AB SEK 30,000,000 (EUR 2,900,000) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€243,800 Östergötland Region: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Östergötland Region SEK 2,500,000 (EUR 243,800) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€341,300 Sahlgrenska University Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Sahlgrenska University Hospital SEK 3,500,000 (EUR 341,300) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€243,800 Västerbotten Region: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Västerbotten Region SEK 2,500,000 (EUR 243,800) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€2,400 Dr Marín Cirugia Plástica, S.L.P.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA (aepd) imposed a fine of EUR 4,000 on the doctor due to the lack of a privacy policy on his website, thus violating Art. 13 GDPR. The original fine of EUR 4,000… SPAIN · ·Art. 13 Dec 3, 2020
€1.5M Aleris Sjukvård AB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined Aleris Sjukvård AB SEK 15,000,000 (EUR 1,463,000) for failing to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 3, 2020
€100,000 Südameapteegi e-apteek: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Estonian DPA (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) fined three online pharmacies EUR 100,000 each for processing personal data without the consent of the data subjects. The data in… ESTONIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 1, 2020
€100,000 Azeta.ee e-apteek: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Estonian DPA (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) fined three online pharmacies EUR 100,000 each for processing personal data without the consent of the data subjects. The data in… ESTONIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 1, 2020
€100,000 Apotheka e-apteek: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Estonian DPA (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) fined three online pharmacies EUR 100,000 each for processing personal data without the consent of the data subjects. The data in… ESTONIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 1, 2020
€20,000 Concentrix Cvg Italy s.r.l.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The union UILCOM Sardegna filed a complaint with the Italian DPA (garante) against the call center operator Concentrix Cvg Italy s.r.l. regarding an internal regulation of the… ·Art. 5, 6, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Nov 26, 2020
€10,000 Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.a.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The television station broadcasted a documentary about the link between emissions from a local ceramics plant and health problems in the population, in which the person… ITALY · ·Art. 5 Nov 26, 2020
€19,500 Gnosjö Municipality: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Swedish DPA imposed a fine on the municipality of Gnosjö for illegal video surveillance in a care home for persons with certain functional disabilities. SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +2 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Nov 25, 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 Nov 19, 2020
€30,000 Provincial Health Authority of Cosenza: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Publication of personal data (including first and last name, address, tax ID) on the website of the authority about persons who have claims for damages against the authority,… ITALY · ·Art. 9 Nov 17, 2020
DSB (Austria) - DSB-D124.1749 The controller shared the data subject's social security number with a financial service provider in order to provide financial aid, to which the data subject did not consent. On… DSB-D124.1749 ·Art. 4, 9 Nov 5, 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 · ·Art. 5, 9 Oct 26, 2020
€600 Private Individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Between February and June 2020, a private individual published information about patients on his personal Facebook page. The information included health data in terms of Art. 4… AUSTRIA · ·Art. 5, 9 Oct 19, 2020
€50,000 Centro de Investigación y Estudio para la Obesidad, SL: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Fines for the transfer of the data subject's personal data to Evo Finance EFC, SA in the course of processing a health insurance application, without a sufficient legal basis for… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 6 Oct 9, 2020
€80,000 Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale 'Antonio Cardarelli' (Private Hospital): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security According to the data protection authority, personal information about participants in a public competition had been unlawfully disclosed online. The reason for this was that, due… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +2 Sep 30, 2020
€2,000 Istituto Comprensivo Statale Crucoli Torretta: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Publication of personal data of students on the website of the Institute with, inter alia, notes about health and progress in school due to technical failure. ITALY · ·Art. 5, 32 Sep 7, 2020
€65,000 Cork University Maternity Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The „Data Protection Authority of Ireland“ imposed a fine on Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) after the personal data of 78 patients was discovered disposed of in a… IRELAND ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Aug 18, 2020
€56 Health care worker: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Acess to personal data in a health database for private research activities. ESTONIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Aug 17, 2020
€5,000 National Institute for Social Security - Department of the Province of Brescia: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Failure to graint access to personal health data of a data subject according to Art. 15 GDPR. ITALY · ·Art. 15 Aug 4, 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 · ·Art. 32, 35 Jul 10, 2020
€5,000 Global Business Travel Spain SLU: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The fine was preceded by an employee's access to health data of a person concerned. In the course of its investigations, the Data Protection Authority found that Global Business… ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jul 10, 2020
€1.2M Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ('AOK') (health insurance company): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security From 2015 to 2019, AOK Baden-Württemberg (insurance organization) organized competitions on various occasions and collected personal data of the participants, including their… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jun 30, 2020
€112,000 Østfold HF Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security It was found that Østfold HF Hospital had stored patient data, including sensitive data such as the reason for hospitalisation, during the period 2013-2019 without controlling… NORWAY · ·Art. 32 Jun 22, 2020
€11,200 Health and Medical Board of the Region of Örebro County: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Publication of personal data of a patient without sufficient legal basis. SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing May 12, 2020
€3,000 Estee Lauder Romania: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Processing of personal data without sufficient legal basis including health data. ·Art. 6, 7, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Apr 23, 2020
€2,000 SOS Infertility Association: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Association did not provide the data protection authority with the information requested by the latter after the Association had processed personal data without a sufficient… ROMANIA · ·Art. 58 Mar 25, 2020
€15,000 CP&A: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on CP&A. The controller had documented both the causes of illness and specific complaints of the data subjects as part of the… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 9, 32 Mar 24, 2020
€8,000 Speech and Special Education Centre - Mihou Dimitra: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The complainant had requested access to his child's data and to tax information. This request was rejected by the data controller. In addition, the data controller had violated an… GREECE · ·Art. 15, 58 Mar 20, 2020
€20,600 National Center of Addiction Medicine ('SAA'): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Persónuvernd noted that a former employee of the SAA received boxes of allegedly personal belongings that he had left there, but which also contained patient data, including the… ICELAND ·Art. 5, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Mar 10, 2020
€4,000 Liceo Artistico Statale di Napoli: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The AEPD's decision reveals that the high school unlawfully published health data and other information in the teacher rankings published on the Institute's website. This… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Mar 6, 2020
€4,000 Liceo Scientifico Nobel di Torre del Greco: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The AEPD's decision reveals that the high school unlawfully published health data and other information of more than 2000 teachers in the teacher rankings published on the… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Mar 6, 2020
€48,000 HM Hospitales: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The data subject stated that at the time of his admission to hospital he had to fill in a form containing a checkbox indicating that, if he did not tick it, he agreed to the… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 6 Feb 25, 2020