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Doctor – €6,000 Fine (France, 2020)
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Another doctor in France faced a fine for failing to secure patient data stored on a server. The data, including sensitive medical information, was accessible for about five years without proper protection. The fine of EUR 6,000 highlights the critical need for healthcare professionals to safeguard patient data.
What happened
A doctor stored patient medical data on an inadequately secured server, allowing unauthorized access for five years.
Who was affected
Patients whose medical data was left vulnerable due to poor security practices.
What the authority found
The French data protection authority determined that the doctor did not implement adequate security measures, violating GDPR requirements.
Why this matters
This ruling stresses the importance of data security in healthcare. It reminds medical professionals to take necessary steps to protect sensitive patient information.
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The French DPA (CNIL) fined a doctor EUR 6,000 for violations of Art. 32 GDPR and Art. 33 GDPR. The controller had stored medical image data such as MRI and X-ray images as well as personal data such as names, dates of birth and treatment data of his patients on a server in order to be able to access them from his home computer. A review of the controller's systems had revealed that access to the server was not properly secured. This would have allowed anyone to access his patients' data. Furthermore, the data leak had existed for about five years. The data protection authority therefore found that the doctor had failed to take adequate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security.
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Details
Fine Date
17 December 2020
Authority
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Fine Amount
€6,000
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Doctor - France (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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