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The inquiry commenced following Permanent TSB’s (‘PTSB’) notification to the DPC of a series of three data breaches relating to PTSB’s ‘Open 24 Contact Centre’. Each of the data breach…

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Défaut de sécurité des données; Consentement des personnes (données sensibles); Consentement des personnes (cookies)

Laptops containing videos of police interviews were stolen from a private film studio

Sending out thousands of unsolicited marketing text messages. People complained about a variety of messages offering services including the reclaim of PPI payments, bank refunds and loans.

A green energy company who made over six million calls as part of a automated call marketing campaign offering ‘free’ solar panels.

Company sent unsolicited text messages for direct marketing purposes without the consent of the recipients

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) fined £200,000 for revealing identities of abuse victims in mass email

Non-respect de l'exercice des droits des personnes Défaut de sécurité des données

Outsource Strategies Ltd made 1,346,503 unwanted marketing calls between 11 February 2021 and 22 March 2022 to numbers registered with the TPS. The ICO received 74 complaints from people variously saying they received repeated calls despite requests to stop and that the callers were aggressive.

Modalités d'exercice des droits; Non respect du droit d'accès Non respect du droit à l'effacement Obligation de documenter une violation de données Défaut de sécurité des données

A health trust that posted the private details of 6,574 members of staff on its website

Sending unsolicited direct marketing texts to mobile subscribers who had not consented to receive them.

Automated calls being made relating to PPI, packaged bank accounts and flight delays

A health trust revealed the email addresses of more than 700 users of a HIV service

A witness in a serious fraud, bribery and corruption investigation was mistakenly sent evidence relating to 64 other people involved in the case

Manquement au principe de minimisation des données ; manquement relatif à la durée de conservation ; manquement relatif à l'information des personnes ; manquement à l'obligation d'assurer la sécurité et la confidentialité des données

We Buy Any Car Ltd sent 191.4 million marketing emails and 3.6 million marketing SMS messages to individuals without fully satisfying the requirements of soft opt in, resulting in 42 complaints to the Commissioner, over a period of 12 months