UWV (Dutch employee insurance service provider)
€450,000
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Decision Date
May 31, 2021
Authority
Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP)
NL
Sector
Finance, Insurance and Consulting
Country
NL
Law
GDPRStatus
FINALDescription
The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined UWV (the Dutch employee insurance service provider - 'Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen) EUR 450,000. The UWV had not properly secured the sending of group messages via the 'My Workbook' environment. This is a personal environment on the UWV website where job seekers have contact with the UWV. As a result, there were multiple data leaks of personal information, including health information, from a total of more than 15,000 individuals.
Legal Citations
Art. 32
Issues & Violations
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security