Romania

Vodafone România SA

2,900 €

GDPR enforcement action by Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) on 2021-11-14.

Rank · Sector

#351

of 369 in Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting

Rank · Romania

#154

of 283

Rank · All fines

#2,146

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP)
Date: 2021-11-14
Controller / Processor: Vodafone România SA
Sector: Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Quoted Articles: Art. 32 (1) b) GDPR, Art. 32 (2) GDPR, Art. 3 (1) Law No. 506/2004, Art. 3 (3) a), b) Law No. 506/2004
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) has imposed a fine of EUR 2,900 on VODAFONE România S.A.. The company had reported a data breach to the DPA in accordance with Art. 33 GDPR. In the period from November 2020 to June 2021, there had been unauthorized access to personal data of seventy data subjects (mailing of service contracts to wrong email addresses, unauthorized access by employees of the
controller to personal data of Vodafone customers without their request). The DPA found that the controller did not take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of the processing of personal data.

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