Unknown – €4,700 Fine (Poland, 2024)
General GDPR enforcement action
This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.
A subcontractor in Poland was fined EUR 4,700 for mistakenly publishing customer data during a website redesign for another company. This incident also affected around 20,000 people and showed that service providers must take data protection seriously. Companies should ensure their subcontractors have strong security measures in place.
What happened
A subcontractor accidentally published customer data, including names and passwords, during a website redesign.
Who was affected
About 20,000 customers whose personal data was mistakenly published online.
What the authority found
The Polish DPA found that the subcontractor failed to implement adequate security measures to protect personal data.
Why this matters
This case underscores the responsibility of subcontractors in data protection. Companies hiring service providers must verify that they have proper data security practices to avoid breaches.
View original scraped data
Original imported citations before automated processing; the processing history does not establish independent verification.
Source checks
Linked-source text retrieved.
Review needed — 15 March 2026.
Processing notes: articles corrected, national law identified, amount discrepancy, entity split needed, date discrepancy.
Retrieved text may be a secondary summary or an announcement. These automated statuses do not establish that the original decision was read or that the record received an independent legal review. How we check sources
The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4,700 on a subcontractor that was contracted to redesign the website of another company. This fine is linked to ETid-2491. Due to an error by an employee of the subcontractor, customer data (including first name, last name, email address, address, and encrypted passwords) was accidentally published on the website during the redesign process. The incident affected approximately 20,000 data subjects. During its investigation, the DPA found that the subcontractor had failed to implement and verify appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, which could have prevented such an incident.
Related Enforcement Actions (13)
Other enforcement actions involving Unknown in PL
Fine
€5K
Details
Fine Date
20 November 2024
Authority
Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych
Fine Amount
€4,700
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Unknown - Poland (2024). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
Last updated: