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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
€950,000Total of monetary amounts
€950,000Largest single case: Sambla Group Oy
€950,000Median per case with an amount

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1 case

17 Dec 2024 Sambla Group OySambla Group: 950,000 EUR – loan applications accessible via unprotected links FinlandData breaches and data security €950,000

On the loan comparison portals lainaparkki.fi and rahoitu.fi, application data (including income, housing costs, marital status, children) could be accessed by anyone who knew the personal customer link; the links were targeted by phishing and data reached third parties. The sanctions board of the Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman) imposed 950,000 EUR and ordered the data subjects to be notified.

What organisations can take from it

Personal links are not access protection – sensitive customer data requires authentication and regular security testing.

Authority / court
Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto – seuraamuskollegio (Datenschutzbeauftragter, Sanktionsgremium)
Area of law
Data protection · Data breaches and data security
Legal basis
DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 25, Art. 32
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
20 Dec 2024

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

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