Poland

Municipality

6,700 €

GDPR enforcement action by Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on 2023-05-16.

Rank · Sector

#208

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Poland

#62

of 111

Rank · All fines

#1,583

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Date: 2023-05-16
Controller / Processor: Municipality
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 5 (2) GDPR, Art. 24 (1) 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 6,700 on a municipality. The controller had reported a data breach to the DPA. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had suffered a ransomware attack, in which the attackers took advantage of a vulnerability present in the IT system. The DPA found that the controller had failed to install adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, allowing such an attack to occur.

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