Denmark

Hørsholm municipality

6,700 €

GDPR enforcement action by Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) on 2022-09-12.

Rank · Sector

#207

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Denmark

#28

of 29

Rank · All fines

#1,582

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet)
Date: 2022-09-12
Controller / Processor: Hørsholm municipality
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Danish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,700 on Hørsholm municipality.
The municipality had reported a data breach to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. An employee's work computer, which contained sensitive and confidential information about approximately 1,600 municipality employees, had been stolen. During its investigation, the DPA determined that the data on the computer was not adequately secured and that the municipality had failed to take appropriate technical measures to protect personal data.

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