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Examples of DSGVO fines: what happens in data protection

15 September 2020

DSGVO infringements are punished with heavy fines. Find out which data protection infringements are suspected and secure yourself.

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Italian data protection supervisory authority imposes 27.8 million fine

19 February 2020

The telecommunications operator was found to be involved in unlawful processing for marketing purposes. millions of people were affected.

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Data protection fine imposed on the Municipality of Oslo Education Authority

18 February 2020

120.000 € because the security of the app "Skolemelding" for communication between school staff, parents and pupils was not guaranteed.

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Hamburg imposes data protection fine on Facebook

18 February 2020

The reason is the failure of the DPO to notify the supervisory authority. Find out what you have to consider when reporting.

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Data protection fine for using the Bradford factor

4 February 2020

Evaluation of sick days using Bradford factor violates DSGVO. Fines of 82,000 euros enforced.

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Investigation by the Greek supervisory authority

21 January 2020

E-mails from the employee concerned were rightly viewed by the employer. Company illegally monitors employees by video recording.

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Data protection Fines Energy Italy 11 million euros

21 January 2020

Violations by the company in relation to advertising and illegal contracts, instructions of the supervisory authority.

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Privacy fine for pharmacy in London

8 January 2020

£275,000, for a breach of the secure storage of special category data. Over 500,000 documents affected.

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15000 Euro data protection fine Belgium

3 January 2020

15,000 Euro fine for website operators for using tracking cookies without consent.

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Data protection fine Swedish company

December 19, 2019

35,000 euros fine for violation of three Swedish laws at once. Information about creditworthiness published.

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Highest data protection fine to date hits Delivery Hero

December 19, 2019

In August, the Berlin data protection commissioner had already imposed the highest German fine to date, amounting to 195,407 euros.

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Data protection fine for the City of Oslo

December 19, 2019

EUR 50 000 fine for a serious infringement by the City of Oslo. Over a period of 11 years, patient data was incorrectly processed.

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Examples of data mishaps: what happens in data protection

10 September 2020

According to Art. 33 DSGVO, data breaches must be reported to the supervisory authority. Examples of data breaches in data protection.

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Data breach at Klarna: Third party data visible

19 February 2020

Entering a postcode and e-mail was sufficient to view third party data. The autofill function is to blame.

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Data breach Microsoft customer records leaked

January 24, 2020

In December 2019, 250 million support requests to Microsoft were available online for two days. Security researchers reported the data breach to Microsoft.

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Massive data breach at car rental company Buchbinder

January 24, 2020

Over 2.5 million German customers affected. High potential for abuse, use your right to information and ask if you are affected.

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British government makes private addresses of stars public

December 30, 2019

The British government publishes the addresses of around 1000 celebrities, politicians and private individuals who receive the traditional New Year's honours.

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Data breach at Phoenix: sensitive data sent by pharmacies

December 20, 2019

An employee unintentionally sent delivery and turnover data of 211 pharmacies by fax. Data protection officers were involved.

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Data failure in the district office Coburg

December 20, 2019

Allegedly deleted data on a hard drive came into circulation: Some 12,000 documents, e-mails and passwords were released.

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Data breakdown employees fashion house H&M

December 20, 2019

The Swedish fashion house H&M is accused of having sounded out its employees. This also involved sensitive health data.

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Data breakdown frequent flyer programme Miles & More

December 12, 2019

Lufthansa's frequent flyer programme confirms data breakdown. Thousands of users had access to foreign profiles.

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Data mismatch Transmission of patient data

December 3, 2019

Nationwide NDR survey revealed that patient data is sent to the wrong recipients. Now data protection is threatened with a fine.

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Data breach in medical practice: patient data online

November 27, 2019

Patient data of a medical practice publicly accessible for several months. The reason was a weakness of the router used.

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Data breach at UniCredit

October 29, 2019

The Italian bank UniCredit is the victim of a hacker attack. Around three million names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers were captured.

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Data protection officers report from the field

March 26, 2020

What are the most common data protection challenges and economic impacts in practice? ✔️Unsere Partners report.

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Data protection and data security in the home office

March 26, 2020

What do employers and employees have to consider? 🎯 Concrete tips on data protection and information on data security. 🎓 Free webinar.

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COVID-19 and data protection

March 25, 2020

Restriction of fundamental rights and right to informational self-determination under pressure. What data protectionists should be aware of.

Compliance with data protection Coronavirus

March 2, 2020

Processing activities and TOMs for coronavirus preparation. Emergency, epidemic / pandemic or vaccination plans and checklists.

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Robin Data Founders Award 2019

November 26, 2019

Robin Data is awarded the 2019 Founder's Prize for innovative ideas and successful company start-ups.

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Federal Council increases the obligation to appoint company data protection officers to 20 persons

September 24, 2019

On 20 September, the Federal Council decided that a company data protection officer only needs to be appointed if the number of employees exceeds 20.

Smart Home Privacy Concerns

July 9, 2019

Smart Home applications: Find out why the benefits in everyday life often involve data protection risks and how you can protect yourself.

Unfortunately, the DSGVO has only existed for one year (Part 3)

June 20, 2019

Unfortunately, the basic data protection regulation has only been in existence for a year: Find out why the DSGVO is an innovation driver of digitisation.

Unfortunately, the GDPR has only existed for one year (Part 2)

June 19, 2019

Unfortunately, the basic data protection regulation has only been in existence for a year: Find out how the DSGVO makes companies fit for the digital future.

Unfortunately, the DSGVO has only existed for one year (Part 1)

June 19, 2019

Unfortunately, the basic data protection regulation has only been in existence for a year: Find out to what extent fundamental civil rights are protected thanks to the DSGVO.

The five most common misconceptions about data protection

June 19, 2019

The blog article deals with the five most common mistakes regarding privacy and puts them right.

11 months DSGVO: What are the main findings?

June 19, 2019

In May 2018, the basic data protection regulation (DSGVO) came into force. The legal requirements of the DSGVO posed a challenge for many companies. This article summarizes the most important findings of the last 11 months with the DSGVO.