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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.

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€9,000Total of monetary amounts
€9,000Median per case with an amount

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1 case

21 Jan 2025 Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijosEmployment service sends Excel file with data of 29,636 clients – 9,000 EUR LithuaniaData breaches and data security €9,000

An employee accidentally attached an Excel file containing data of 29,636 clients, including health data, to an e-mail sent to 292 clients. The Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate, VDAI) found that measures to prevent data leakage had not been sufficiently tested and that the employee had not been involved in data classification and had been insufficiently instructed; fine of 9,000 EUR. Date = publication; source: archived copy.

What organisations can take from it

One wrong attachment is enough for a mass data breach – DLP tools only help if all employees are trained and involved.

Relevance to training and awareness

Checking e-mail attachments, data classification

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (VDAI)
Area of law
Data protection · Data breaches and data security
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 24 Abs. 1, Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. b und d DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Public sector
Published
21 Jan 2025

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

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