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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€950,490Total of monetary amounts
€950,490Largest single case: mBank S.A.
€950,490Median per case with an amount

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1 case

20 Aug 2024 mBank S.A.mBank: 4.05 million PLN for failing to inform customers after misdirected mailing PolandData breaches and data security €950,490

In 2022, an employee of a processor accidentally sent customer documents containing PESEL numbers, identity document, income and credit data to another financial institution; the envelope was returned opened. Despite a notice from the authority, the bank did not notify the data subjects because the recipient was ‘trustworthy’; Poland’s data protection authority (UODO) imposed 4,053,173 PLN and ordered the notification.

What organisations can take from it

Whether data subjects must be informed depends on the risk to them – not on how trustworthy the wrong recipient appears.

Relevance to training and awareness

Misdirected documents and notification of data subjects

Authority / court
Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
Area of law
Data protection · Data breaches and data security
Legal basis
Art. 34 Abs. 1 und 2 DSGVO (DKN.5131.1.2024)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
9 Sep 2024

Original amount 4,053,173 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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