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Lejre Municipality – €6,700 Fine (Denmark, 2020)
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Lejre Municipality in Denmark was fined for uploading sensitive meeting minutes online, which included personal data about minors. This case is important because it highlights the risks of sharing sensitive information without proper safeguards.
What happened
The municipality was fined for regularly posting sensitive personal data, including information about citizens under 18, on an accessible portal.
Who was affected
Citizens under 18 whose sensitive information was included in the uploaded meeting minutes.
What the authority found
The data protection authority found that the municipality failed to protect sensitive personal data and inform affected individuals about the breach.
Why this matters
This ruling stresses the need for strict data protection measures, especially when dealing with sensitive information. Organizations must ensure that personal data is handled securely to avoid breaches.
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The data protection authority had found that the Lejre Municipal Child and Youth Centre had regularly uploaded minutes of meetings with particularly sensitive and sensitive personal data, including on citizens under 18 years of age, to the Lejre Municipal Personnel Portal, which was accessible to employees of the Lejre Municipality, regardless of whether the employees in question were working with these cases. In addition, the data protection authority denied the failure to comply with the obligation to inform the persons concerned of the data breach.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Lejre Municipality in DK
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
30 June 2020
Authority
Datatilsynet (Denmark)
Fine Amount
€6,700
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Lejre Municipality - Denmark (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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