The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA”) has published its decision to impose an administrative fine of EUR 440,000 on Amsterdam hospital OLVG due to the lack of sufficient measures to prevent access to medical records by unauthorised personnel. After complaints, the Dutch DPA conducted an investigation, and carried out an audit of …
On the 6th of July 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) published its decision to impose a fine of 830,000 EUR on Stichting Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR). BKR keeps an electronic file of the loans and debts people have in the Netherlands, stored in a central database. Companies like financial institutions …
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Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA”) had made it clear, on several occasions, that taking temperature tests (or otherwise processing health data) as a precautionary measure in light of COVID-19 is a strict “no go”. The position of the Dutch DPA was that most individuals, in particular employees …
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Today, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued its first GDPR-fine of EUR 460,000. The fine is imposed on the Dutch Haga Hospital for having an insufficient internal security of patient records. The fact that the first GDPR-fine was imposed on a hospital isn’t a complete surprise, as already in December 2018, …
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NETHERLANDS: Dutch Data Protection Authority received record amount of data breach notifications in 2018. Earlier today, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) issued a press release stating that it received 20,881 notifications of data breaches in 2018. In comparison to 2017, the amount of data breach notifications has (more than) doubled. The largest amount …
