Poland

Healthcare facility

9,200 €

GDPR enforcement action by Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on 2024-06-13.

Rank · Sector

#146

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Poland

#53

of 110

Rank · All fines

#1,458

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Polish National Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Date: 2024-06-13
Controller / Processor: Healthcare facility
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 24 (1) GDPR, Art. 25 (1) GDPR, Art. 32 (1), (2) GDPR, Art. 34 (1) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 9,200 on a healthcare facility. The company suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, resulting in the loss of personal data. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data in order to prevent such incidents. Furthermore, the controller failed to notify the data subjects about the incident.

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