Hungary

Political party

8,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH) on 2022-04-22.

Rank · Sector

#53

of 351 in Individuals and Private Associations

Rank · Hungary

#28

of 73

Rank · All fines

#1,508

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH)
Date: 2022-04-22
Controller / Processor: Political party
Sector: Individuals and Private Associations
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (2) GDPR, Art. 32 (1) a), b) GDPR, Art. 32 (2) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,000 on a party. The party had suffered a data protection breach resulting in six Excel files being made accessible on the Internet. The files contained personal data of party members. The incident affected approximately 2,000 data subjects. During its investigation, the DPA found that the party had failed to take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, which allowed such an incident to occur.

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