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Data protection fine for insufficient security of medical records in Dutch hospital

Date: 16.07.2019

Responsible body: Haga Hospital

Nature of the data breach: patient records in Dutch hospital inadequately secured

A large number of employees at Haga Hospital are alleged to have accessed the medical records of a famous personality. The Dutch supervisory authority imposed a data protection fine for insufficient security of patient records. The relationship between patient and healthcare provider must be kept strictly confidential.

Categories of data:  Patient data

Country: Netherlands

Fines: 46.000 Euro + 100.000 Euro fortnightly (maximum 300.000) the conditions should not have improved until 02.10.2019

Source: Netherlands Supervisory Authority

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