Departement of Social Security
€550,000
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Data deciziei
12 iunie 2025
Autoritatea
Data Protection Authority of Ireland
IE
Sector
Public Sector and Education
Țara
IE
Legea
GDPRStatut
FINALDescriere
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.
Citări juridice
Art. 5 (1)Art. 6 (1)Art. 9 (1)Art. 13 (1)Art. 13 (2)Art. 35 (VII)
Probleme și încălcări
Insufficient legal basis for data processing