Orthodontic Clinic – €12,000 Fine (Netherlands, 2021)
General GDPR enforcement action
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A Dutch orthodontic clinic was fined for using an unsecured web form to collect patient data. This is important because it shows the need for secure data handling, especially when dealing with sensitive information like health data. The Dutch Data Protection Authority issued the fine because the clinic's practices risked exposing patient information to unauthorized parties.
What happened
The orthodontic clinic used an unencrypted web form to collect patient data, risking unauthorized access.
Who was affected
New patients, mostly children, who submitted their personal data through the clinic's web form.
What the authority found
The Dutch Data Protection Authority ruled that the clinic failed to secure patient data, violating GDPR's data protection requirements.
Why this matters
This case emphasizes the need for businesses to use secure methods for collecting and transmitting personal data. It serves as a warning to healthcare providers to prioritize data security to protect patient privacy.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined an orthodontic clinic EUR 12,000. The web form that new patients used to sign up contained mandatory fields for all sorts of patient personal data. The data that the patients (mostly children) entered into the form was then sent to the orthodontic clinic via an unencrypted - and thus unsecured - connection. This presented the risk of unauthorized third parties accessing the personal data of the data subjects.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Orthodontic Clinic in NL
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
4 February 2021
Authority
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Fine Amount
€12,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-725
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Orthodontic Clinic - Netherlands (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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