NORWEGIAN DPA FINES MUNICIPALITY OF INDRE ØSTFOLD EUR 20 000

13 February 2021

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (“Norwegian DPA”) has fined the Municipality of Indre Østfold EUR 20 000 for a confidentiality violation.

The Municipality of Indre Østfold published the records file including confidential personal data of a former pupil on its municipal website from Friday 27 September to Monday 30 September.

The municipality was made aware of the incident by a journalist from a local newspaper. The documents were removed from the public record, and exempted from public access as soon as they were discovered. The affected person was then notified.

You can reach the EDPB’s announcement here.

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