PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. – €2,400 Fine (Spain, 2022)
General GDPR enforcement action
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PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. was fined €2,400 by the Spanish data protection authority for not securing a database containing personal data of health professionals. This matters because it highlights the importance of protecting sensitive information online, especially when it's easily accessible without security measures.
What happened
PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. left a database with personal data of health professionals unprotected and accessible online.
Who was affected
Health sector professionals whose personal data, like email addresses and phone numbers, were exposed.
What the authority found
The Spanish authority found that PHARMA TALENTS failed to secure personal data, violating GDPR's security requirements.
Why this matters
This case underscores the need for companies to implement strong security measures to protect personal data. It serves as a warning to businesses to regularly review and update their data protection practices.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine against PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. A data subject had filed a complaint against the company after he found a database on one of the company's websites containing personal data about himself and other hundreds of health sector professionals, including email address and telephone number. Both the website and the database were freely accessible. The DPA found that the company had failed to implement adequate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to data subjects, since not even a username and password were required to access the database. The original fine of EUR 4,000 was reduced to EUR 2,400 due to voluntary payment and admission of guilt.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. in ES
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
14 January 2022
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€2,400
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1004
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. PHARMA TALENTS, S.L.U. - Spain (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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