Norway

Oslo Municipal Education Department

120,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) on 2019-04-29.

Rank · Sector

#39

of 357 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Norway

#13

of 53

Rank · All fines

#432

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet)
Date: 2019-04-29
Controller / Processor: Oslo Municipal Education Department
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

Fine for security vulnerabilities in a mobile messaging app developed for use in an Oslo school. The app allows parents and students to send messages to school staff. Due to insufficient technical and organizational measures to protect information security, unauthorized persons were able to log in as authorized users and gain access to personal data about students, legal representatives and employees. The fine has meanwhile been reduced to EUR 120.000, see https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2020/norwegian-data-protection-authority-imposes-fine-municipality-oslo-education_en

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