Poland

Municipality

2,200 €

GDPR enforcement action by Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on 2023-05-05.

Rank · Sector

#301

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Poland

#100

of 111

Rank · All fines

#2,209

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Date: 2023-05-05
Controller / Processor: Municipality
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 5 (2) GDPR, Art. 25 (1) GDPR, Art. 32 (1), (2) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,200 on a municipality. The controller had reported a data breach to the DPA. An employee had unauthorizedly copied a document containing personal data from a company computer onto an unauthorized data carrier. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent such unauthorized copying and to protect personal data.

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