Departement of Social Security

€550,000

Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Fecha de la decisión

12 de junio de 2025

Autoridad

Data Protection Authority of Ireland

IE

Sector

Public Sector and Education

País

IE

Ley

GDPR

Estado

FINAL

Descripción

The Irish DPA imposed a fine of EUR 550,000 on the Departement of Social Security. The controller uses the so called SAFE 2 registration process for anyone applying for a Public Services Card. The SAFE 2 registration, which is mandatory, processes biometric data without a sufficient legal basis. The controller also failed to adequately inform data subjects in regards to the processing and to conduct a data protection impact assessment.

Citas legales

Art. 5 (1)Art. 6 (1)Art. 9 (1)Art. 13 (1)Art. 13 (2)Art. 35 (VII)

Problemas e infracciones

Insufficient legal basis for data processing

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