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๐ต๐ฑ Ban on using personal data for testing ๐ต๐ฑ
The Polish DPA sanctions a data controller and its processor
Source : DKN 5130.2215.2020
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐
The Polish Data Protection Authority (DPA) imposed fines for severe personal data security breaches:
€๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ: Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska SA, an electricity and gas provider.
€๐ฑ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ: PIKA, a digital archiving service provider.
Following a performance issue in the archive search system, PIKA ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. Due to ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, a third party accessed the system and copied ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ณ,๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ
The compromised data included:
๐ค Name and surname
๐ Residential or domicile address
๐ PESEL number, type, series, and number of an identity document
โ๏ธ Email address
๐ Phone number
๐ Contractual data
Despite the severity of the breach, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐, claiming that the violation posed no risks to their rights and freedoms.
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ(๐ญ) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ(๐ฎ) ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฅ:
Lack of appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security.
๐ก๐ผ๐ป-๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด(๐ญ) ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฅ:
PIKA failed to follow the data controller's directives, particularly concerning data pseudonymization.
Fortum did not ensure its processor provided sufficient guarantees for personal data protection.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐:
๐ธ €๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป for Fortum (data controller).
๐ธ €๐ฑ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ for PIKA (processor).
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.