Poland

Company

3,400 €

GDPR enforcement action by Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on 2023-07-18.

Rank · Sector

#114

of 220 in Not assigned

Rank · Poland

#87

of 114

Rank · All fines

#2,040

of 3,132

Case details

Authority: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Date: 2023-07-18
Controller / Processor: Company
Sector: Not assigned
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 3,400 on a company. The controller had reported a data breach to the DPA. The company car of a senior employee had been broken into, resulting in the theft of a company laptop on which personal data of three persons were processed. During its investigation, the DPA determined that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. Among other things, the laptop had not been properly encrypted.

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