Data Protection Authority of Baden-Wuerttemberg · 21 November 2018
Knuddels.de
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Fine€20,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Data Protection Authority of Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Decided
- 21 November 2018
- Country
- Germany
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2018/DE/004
What happened
The Baden-Württemberg DPA holds, that by storing passwords in plain text, the company knowingly violated its obligation to ensure data security when processing personal data in accordance with Art. 32(1)a GDPR.
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Rules involved
- Data security
Sources
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