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Cyprus Police – €6,000 Fine (Cyprus, 2020)
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The Cyprus Police was fined for failing to protect personal data in a vehicle owner database. An officer accessed this data without permission and shared it with a third party. This case shows the need for strong data protection measures in public institutions.
What happened
A police officer accessed a database of vehicle owners without authorization and shared information from it with a third party.
Who was affected
Vehicle owners whose personal data was accessed without authorization by a police officer.
What the authority found
The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection found that the Cyprus Police did not have sufficient measures in place to prevent unauthorized access to personal data.
Why this matters
This case highlights the importance of data protection in public sectors. Organizations must implement strong safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access.
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A police officer had unauthorized access to a database holding personal data about vehicle owners and used the database for non-official purposes to pass information from the database to a third party. In this respect, the organizational and technical measures taken by the police to prevent unauthorized access to the database were insufficient to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personal data to third parties.
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Details
Fine Date
22 October 2020
Authority
Commissioner for Personal Data Protection
Fine Amount
€6,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-432
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Cyprus Police - Cyprus (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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