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Polish insurer Warta fined EUR20,000 for GDPR violation

( December 29, 2020, 11:22 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Polish insurance company Warta has been fined 20,000 euros for violating the EU's strict General Data Protection Regulation by not reporting a data breach within 72 hours and for not notifying data subjects in a timely manner, the Polish Personal Data Protection Office UODO said today. The incident arose after Warta's agent sent an insurance policy containing two people's personal data to an incorrect e-mail address provided by the customer, which inadvertently ended up in the possession of a third party. UODO also said that Warta should have taken extra steps to protect the data sent electronically, and independently verified the e-mail address.Statement in Polish follows. The decision in Polish is attached....

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