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University of Limerick Fined €98,000 for GDPR Data Breaches

The Data Protection Commission has published its final decision following an own-volition inquiry into University of Limerick, finding multiple GDPR violations arising from personal data breaches that occurred between November 2018 and January 2020. The DPC reprimanded University of Limerick and imposed administrative fines totalling €98,000 for failing to implement appropriate security measures, delay in informing affected persons of high-risk breaches, non-compliance with records of processing activity requirements, and untimely breach reporting to the DPC.