Mayor's Office of the city of Kecdkemét

€3,200

Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Date de décision

28 février 2019

Autorité

Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH)

HU

Secteur

Public Sector and Education

Pays

HU

Droit

GDPR

Statut

FINAL

Description

The fine was imposed on the Mayor’s Office of the city of Kecskemét for unlawful disclosure of the personal information of a whistleblower.NAIH imposed the fine after an employee of an organisation that it supervised reported a public interest complaint directly to it against his employer. After the organisation learned of the complaint, it requested details in order to investigate, and the local government accidentally revealed the complainant's name. The NAIH considered it an aggravating factor that as a result of the data breach, the organisation fired the person who made the report.

Citations légales

Art. 5 (1)Art. 6

Questions et violations

Insufficient legal basis for data processing

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