Open University of Cyprus

€45,000

Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Beslissingsdatum

22 november 2023

Autoriteit

Cypriot Data Protection Commissioner

CY

Sector

Public Sector and Education

Land

CY

Wet

GDPR

Status

FINAL

Beschrijving

The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on Open University of Cyprus. The university had suffered a data breach involving hackers publishing personal data of students, alumni etc. on the dark web. During its investigation, the DPA found that the university had failed to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data.

Juridische citaten

Art. 5Art. 32

Problemen en overtredingen

Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

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