Punishment against medical company

Punishment against medical company

An Austrian company in the “medical field” has been awarded the highest fines in Austria so far, namely € 50 000.

Unfortunately, the data protection authority has only given a few details about the case. It is known that the company was fined for two delicts. Firstly, the obligation to provide information was not complied with and, secondly, despite the obligation, no data protection officer had been appointed.

Here again it shows that the information policy of the Austrian data protection authority is expandable. While the data protection authorities in other states inform openly about their own work, it is difficult to obtain information in Austria. This is similar to the situation in Germany. However, it would be a fallacy to assume that the authorities are not taking any action. The public just does not know what focus the local authority has.

Entscheidungsdatum:
22.08.2019

Land:
Austria

Art des Verstoßes:
violated duty to inform

Betroffene Datensätze:
unknown

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 50,000,-

Quelle:
unknown