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Examples of GDPR fines: what happens in data protection

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

Italian data protection supervisory authority imposed 27.8 million fine

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

Data protection fine imposed on the Municipality of Oslo Education Authority

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

Hamburg imposes data protection fine on Facebook

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

Data protection fine for using the Bradford factor

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

Investigation by the Greek supervisory authority

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

Data protection Fines Energy Italy 11 million euros

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

Privacy fine for pharmacy in London

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

15000 Euro data protection fine Belgium

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

Data protection fine Swedish company

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

Highest data protection fine to date hits Delivery Hero

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

Data protection fine for the City of Oslo

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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

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

Data breach at Klarna: Third party data visible

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

Data breach Microsoft customer records leaked

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

Massive data breach at car rental company Buchbinder

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

British government published private addresses of stars

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

Data breach at Phoenix: sensitive data sent by pharmacies

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

Data failure in the district office Coburg

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

Data breach employees fashion house H&M

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

Data breakdown frequent flyer programme Miles & More

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

Data breach patient data sent to wrong recipient

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

Data breach in medical practice: patient data online

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

Data breach at UniCredit

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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

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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 while working from home

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What do employers and employees need to be aware of? Concrete tips on data protection and advice on data security.

COVID-19 and data protection

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

Compliance with data protection Coronavirus

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

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Robin Data Founders Award 2019

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

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Federal Council increased duty to appoint data protection officer to 20 persons

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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

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

Innovation Driver GDPR

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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.

Data protection and digitalisation

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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.

GDPR protects fundamental civil rights

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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

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

11 months of GDPR: What are the main findings?

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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.