THE HEALTHCARE COMMITTEE MADE MISTAKE WHEN PUBLISHING SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA

14.05.2020

The Swedish Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has launched an investigation upon a complaint against the Healthcare Committee in Region Örebro County. It was claimed in the complaint that sensitive personal data about a patient admitted to forensic psychiatry clinic had been published on the region’s website was put forward.

Accordingly, it was found that the Healthcare Committee in Region Örebro County made a mistake when publishing on the region’s website sensitive personal data about a patient admitted to a forensic psychiatric clinic. The Committee had not taken sufficient organizational measures to ensure that personal data is protected from being wrongfully published on the region’s website, the Authority says.

For this reason, the Authority ordered the Committee to establish written instructions and introduce measures that ensure that those who publishes personal data on the region’s website does so in accordance with set instructions. Hence, the Committee has been fined of 120 000 Swedish kronor.

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