Health data accidentally leaked

An unknown German individual accidentally published health information about an unknown group of individuals on the internet. The Data Protection Authority of the German Region Baden-Württemberg reacted with a 84.000€ fine (80.000€ fine + 4.000€ trial costs) but did not provide additional information.

Entscheidungsdatum:
06.12.2018

Land:
Germany

Art des Verstoßes:
inadequate data protection

Betroffene Datensätze:
unknown

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 84,000,-

Violation of GDPR Paragraph:

9. Processing of special categories of personal data

Quelle:
Juraforum (German)Schutt-Waetke lawyer's office (German)