Denmark

Municipality of Vejen

26,800 €

GDPR enforcement action by Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) on 2024-08-14.

Rank · Sector

#94

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Denmark

#15

of 29

Rank · All fines

#942

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet)
Date: 2024-08-14
Controller / Processor: Municipality of Vejen
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Unknown
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Danish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 26,800 on the municipality of Vejen. The municipality had suffered a security incident involving the theft of three unencrypted computers containing information about children. During its investigation, the DPA found that 300 other computers were not encrypted either.

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