Ireland

Tusla Child and Family Agency

85,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Data Protection Authority of Ireland on 2020-08-12.

Rank · Sector

#48

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Ireland

#24

of 36

Rank · All fines

#514

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Data Protection Authority of Ireland
Date: 2020-08-12
Controller / Processor: Tusla Child and Family Agency
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 32 (1) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Irish DPA (DPC) fined Tusla Child and Family Agency EUR 85,000. The controller had reported 71 data breaches to the Irish DPA that occurred between May 25 and November 16, 2018, and concerned the unauthorized access of personal data processed by the controller. After a broad investigation, the DPA concluded that the controller failed to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to protect the data processing and thus violated Art. 32 (1) of the GDPR.

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