Jano Gibson reports: The Northern Territory’s anti-corruption commissioner says his staff “must act with the utmost integrity” after police issued a woman with a notice to appear in court for alleged disclosure of confidential information. Earlier today, NT Police said detectives from the Special References Unit had executed a warrant and seized a 23-year-old woman’s…
Category: Breaches
PSNI data breach discovered after an officer tried to stop family trip to US
Allison Morris reports: A huge data breach that resulted in the details of 152 people being unlawfully handed over to the US authorities was discovered after a police officer wrongfully intervened to stop a family travelling to America on holiday. The Belfast Telegraph yesterday revealed that the Police Ombudsman, the Information Commissioner and the Policing Board…
The Icelandic SA: fine imposed on Harpa Concert Hall for the collection of the ID number and date of birth of a data subject
Background information Date of final decision: 8 March 2022 Controller: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre ohf. Legal Reference: principles relating to processing of personal data (Article 5), lawfulness of processing (Article 6) Decision: infringement of the GDPR, order to comply, fine 1 million ISK (approx. 7.200 Euros). Key words: principles, lawfulness of processing, transparency, data…
The Icelandic SA: HEI medical travel agency fined for an unlawful use of an e-mail address and not handling an access request
Background information Date of final decision: 3 May 2022 National case: 2020051610 Controller: HEI ehf. (HEI – Medical Travel) Legal Reference: lawfulness of processing (Article 6), right of access (Article 15) Decision: infringement of the GDPR, fine 1.5 million ISK (approx. 10.700 Euros). Key words: lawfulness of processing, access request, e-mail list, erasure of personal…