Bulgaria

Bulgarian Post EAD

500,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection (KZLD) on 2022-05-04.

Rank · Sector

#40

of 167 in Transportation and Energy

Rank · Bulgaria

of 31

Rank · All fines

#244

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection (KZLD)
Date: 2022-05-04
Controller / Processor: Bulgarian Post EAD
Sector: Transportation and Energy
Quoted Articles: Art. 32 (1) b), c), d) GDPR, Art. 32 (2) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Bulgarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 500,000 on Bulgarian Posts EAD. The controller had suffered a hacking attack, during which the attackers managed to access the controller's databases. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data in order to avoid a data breach.

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