Czech Republic:
T-Mobile Fined For Not Protecting Clients' Data
27 September 2016
Wolf Theiss
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The Czech Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine on
T-Mobile Czech Republic in an amount of CZK 3,5 million (approx.
EUR 130,000) for not adopting sufficient measures to protect
personal data of its clients contained in an electronic internal
database. As a result, the data has been stolen by an employee.
When imposing a fine, the Office took into account that T-Mobile
subsequently undertook rules protecting the clients' personal
data.
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