The authority imposed a fine of 1.5 million euros, an amountdecided on the basis of the seriousness of the breaches“.
The National Commission for Computing and Liberties
(Cnil) imposed a fine of 1.5 million euros on the software publisher Dedalus after a massive leak of data, sometimes sensitive, in medical analysis laboratories, which had affected nearly 500,000 people.
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“The amount of this fine was decided in view of the seriousness of the breaches identified but also taking into account the turnover of the company Dedalus Biologie“, said Thursday the personal data constable in a press release.
Data accessible on cybercriminal sites and forums included:surnames, first name, social security number, name of the prescribing doctor, date of the examination but also and above all medical information (HIV, cancers, genetic diseases, pregnancies, drug treatments followed by the patient, or even genetic data) of these people have thus been disseminated on the internet“, recalled the Cnil.
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