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Food craft company (unknown) – €100,000 Fine (Germany, 2019)
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A food craft company was fined for not securing applicant data on its website. The data was not encrypted, making it vulnerable to unauthorized access. This case highlights the need for businesses to protect personal information during the application process.
What happened
The company failed to encrypt and protect applicant data submitted through its website.
Who was affected
Job applicants whose personal information was stored insecurely.
What the authority found
The German data protection authority fined the food craft company for violating GDPR by not ensuring adequate security for personal data.
Why this matters
This ruling underscores the importance of data security for businesses handling personal information. Companies should implement strong security measures to protect applicant data from breaches.
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The company accepted applications via an applicant portal integrated into its website. However, the data transmission was not encrypted. The storage of applicant data was also not encrypted and was not password protected. In addition, there was a link to Google for the unsecured applicant data, which meant that the application documents could be called up by anyone within the scope of a search of the applicant's name via Google. The German supervisory authority LfDI Baden-Württemberg fined EUR 100,000 the food craft company, because it had unlawfully processed personal data violating Article 5(1)(f) GDPR and it had not established an appropriate level of security, as required by Article 32 GDPR.
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Food craft company (unknown) - Germany (2019). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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