Finnish S-Bank fined €1.8m for breaking EU data protection law, watchdog says
( September 10, 2025, 14:16 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: S-Bank has been fined €1.8 million for violating the EU’s GDPR data protection law, the Finnish Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman said on Wednesday. Due to a software bug in its online banking app, users could access it and other services with strong authentication using another customer’s data. The decision can be appealed, the watchdog said in a statement.Statement follows, decision is attached (both in Finnish)....
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