Poland

Company

10,600 €

GDPR enforcement action by Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on 2023-05-31.

Rank · Sector

#57

of 218 in Not assigned

Rank · Poland

#49

of 111

Rank · All fines

#1,314

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Date: 2023-05-31
Controller / Processor: Company
Sector: Not assigned
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 5 (2) GDPR, Art. 25 (1) GDPR, Art. 32 (1), (2) GDPR, Art. 33 (1) GDPR, Art. 34 (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 10,600 on a company. The company had suffered a ransomware attack on their systems which resulted in the loss of personal data. During its investigation the DPA found that the company had failed to install adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, allowing such an attack to occur. Furthermore the controller failed to inform the DPA and the data subject of the incident in a timely manner.

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