๐ฎ๐น๐ Passports: massive data theft
Cybersecurity, Confidentiality & Security | 10/09/2025
๐๐ซ Data leak: high-res passport scans stolen from multiple Italian hotels!!!๐ What to do if you stayed in Italy this summer?

Between June and August ...
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๐จ Cloud & sovereignty
Data Transfers, Confidentiality & Security | 10/09/2025
โ ๏ธANSSI sets the record straightSenate report of 8 July 2025

Sources: official Senate minutes (hearing of V. Strubel), SecNumCloud v3.2 framework (AN...
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Video surveillance: Use without authorization
Biometrics & Video Surveillance, Confidentiality & Security | 05/05/2025
Source : PS 0345-2024

๐ฏ Context: A supermarket customer complains about a refund error. An employee shows her the CCTV footage captured on her mobil...
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๐ฃ A lack of confidentiality
Confidentiality & Security | 28/04/2025
๐ Confidentiality broken in an internal investigation protocol = €120,000 fine.

Source: PS 0505-2024 The Spanish regulator, AEPD has fined a company...
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๐ฆ Bank and Access
Confidentiality & Security | 08/04/2025
Source : PS/00477/2023

· A bank allowed unauthorized access to a joint bank account by a third party (the mother of one of the holders), withou...
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๐ช๐ธ No ID card by email
Confidentiality & Security | 30/03/2025
๐ฅ Requesting an ID by unsecured email can be very costly! Source: PS-00457-2023Country: Spain, AEPD

๐งพ Facts

An investor requested information about ...
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๐ซ๐ฎ Costly negligence and security
Confidentiality & Security | 30/03/2025
๐ Personal data & security A loan comparator ๐
On December 17, 2024, the Finnish Data Protection Authority fined a loan comparator €950,000 for secu...
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๐ข GDPR & Rental
Retention & Minimisation, Confidentiality & Security | 30/03/2025
โ No ID documents via WhatsApp or Email

When a rental company requests ID documents via WhatsApp — including that of a minor!

Source: PS 00175-2023S...
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๐ช๐ธ Data security and USB key
Confidentiality & Security | 28/03/2025
Source : PS-00117-2024 ๐ข A famous insurance company made a major mistake...





















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Security Incident: On May 11, 2023, the ...
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๐ซ๐ท Data security and real estate
Retention & Minimisation, Confidentiality & Security | 28/03/2025
๐ Real Estate & Personal Data: €400,000 Fine๐
CNIL Decision – May 28, 2019 (Ref: 2019-995)๐ A security breach + excessive data retention = double GDPR...
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๐ซ๐ท Data accessible on a server
Subcontracting, Confidentiality & Security | 27/03/2025
Source : SAN 2021-20

๐ Banking Data Left on a Server: Service Provider Fined €180,000 ๐

A payment service provider has been fined €180,000 by the ...
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๐ช๐ธParcel delivered to a third party and confidentiality?
Confidentiality & Security | 27/03/2025
๐ช๐ธ๐ฑ Delivering a mobile to the Wrong Person Can Be Very Costly

Source: PS-00406-2023

A Spanish telecom operator was fined €70,000 for delivering a p...
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