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๐Ÿ“ข Confidentiality: Sending an email to recipients with a non-blind copy!

Confidentiality & Security | 26/03/2025

Source: PS-00395-2023 Case of Commercial Prospecting Involving GDPR Violation ๐Ÿ“Œ Case Context: • A complaint was filed against the firm RECATALA AGRA...

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Confidentiality: a doctor sends a file with his patients' data by email

Confidentiality & Security | 26/03/2025

๐Ÿšจ A doctor forgets the fundamental rules of the GDPR! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ“ง Sending a patient list by email, a costly mistake! To justify a work schedule change, a d...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธPrivacy: A Bug Generates Automatic Sending of Data to Third Parties

Confidentiality & Security | 26/03/2025

๐Ÿšจ Health Data and Adequate Protection! ๐Ÿšจ Source : PS 00540-2024 A Spanish health insurance provider fined €600,000 for a confidentiality breach. The...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Garbage: Lack of data confidentiality, a club sanctioned

Confidentiality & Security | 26/03/2025

โš ๏ธ Using a Document Shredder Can Prevent Penalties! โš ๏ธ Source : PS-00460-2024 ๐Ÿ† A Spanish football club fined for throwing personal data in the tras...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Insurance company fined for safety failure โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Confidentiality & Security, Tools & Documentation | 26/03/2025

Source : PS-00453-2023 ๐Ÿ”ด The Facts ๐Ÿ“… October 2022: A cyberattack ๐Ÿ’ป compromised the personal data of 1.6 million people. ๐Ÿ”“ Method: A brute force attac...

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๐Ÿšจ Abusive recording of employees, video surveillance, performance tracking software๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

Retention & Minimisation, Confidentiality & Security, Tools & Documentation | 26/03/2025

โŒ €40,000 Fine for a Real Estate Company The CNIL has sanctioned a company for installing monitoring software on its employees' computers to track the...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain: When a postal service provider abandons letters in a field...

Confidentiality & Security | 26/03/2025

๐Ÿ“„ Facts: • September 28, 2022: ๐Ÿ“Œ Police in La Palma discovered 1,404 letters abandoned in a field. ๐Ÿ“Œ A complaint was filed with the AEPD. The provide...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ An Employer Cannot Publish Personal Information About a Former Employee in Comments ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ

Confidentiality & Security, Legal basis | 26/03/2025

Source : PS-00395-2021 ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Facts: In response to negative reviews left by customers on Google, a Spanish café published the personal data of its form...

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๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท An E-Commerce Website Fined for Excessive Data Collection ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‘ 

Retention & Minimisation, Confidentiality & Security | 25/03/2025

๐Ÿ’ธ The CNIL has imposed a €250,000 fine ๐Ÿ’ธ Facts: As part of evaluating and training its employees, the e-commerce website recorded customer service ca...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ When a Spanish Employer Accidentally Shares the Payslips of 446 Employees ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ

Confidentiality & Security | 25/03/2025

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Source: PS-00238-2024 ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘— Facts: A former employee of a clothing brand requested information about their payslip for July 2022. In response, the e...

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Lack of Security and Failure to Report Data Breach โš•๏ธ

Confidentiality & Security | 25/03/2025

Administrative sanction against two doctors of 3,000 and 6,000 Euros, following a data leak. Source: SAN 2019-014 ๐Ÿ” Context: Thousands of medical im...

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Excessive data collection by an online clairvoyance company

Retention & Minimisation, Confidentiality & Security | 25/03/2025

๐Ÿ”ฎ CNIL Fines an Online Fortune-Telling Company Source : SAN 2023-008 of June 8, 2023 Violations: ๐Ÿ›‘ EXCESSIVE DATA COLLECTION ๐Ÿ“‹ CONSENT ๐Ÿ’‰ SENSI...

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