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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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by authority- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) €175,000 100 % · 1 case
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| Q4 2025 | 1 | €175,000 |
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1 case
15 Dec 2025 Stichting Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN University of Applied Sciences)Netherlands: 175,000 EUR against HAN university over inadequate security after hack €175,000
In 2021, a hacker gained access via a web form to a web server and a database server of the university, obtained, among other things, names with passwords and citizen service numbers of students and staff, and unsuccessfully demanded a ransom. According to the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP), security was not aligned with the risks, and the rights of a database account were not restricted.
Give database accounts of web applications minimal rights so that a single vulnerability does not expose the entire data set.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 32
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Public sector
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement without objection; active damage limitation, strengthened resilience and sharing of lessons learned with other organisations.
- Published
- 17 Dec 2025
- HAN krijgt boete van 175.000 euro voor onvoldoende beveiliging van persoonsgegevens Press release of an authority
- Boete HAN Decision of an authority
- AP: Besluit tot oplegging van een bestuurlijke boete aan Stichting Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link