Covid-19 test center
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Datum för beslut
1 januari 2022
Myndighet
Data Protection Authority of Hamburg
DE
Sektor
Health Care
Land
DE
Lag
GDPRStatus
FINALBeskrivning
The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 2,700 on a Covid-19 test center. The test center had send the data subjects an unencrypted e-mail containing a URL that allowed them to access the test result without taking any further security measures. In some cases, the download link was structured in a way that led to the download of a PDF file with the file name corresponding to the last name of the person tested. With knowledge of the directory path, it was therefore possible to view third-party test results.