--- title: | Cipher Octopus description: I saved some Italians from marauders back in the day in Tellaro, and now StrongKey named a slick data privacy solution after the place. Since then you may have seen me using my big brain and complex eyes--and numerous tentacles--to find ways to protect sensitive data using open source tech for as low a price as possible. --- [![Strongkey](https://blog.strongkey.com/hubfs/StrongKey_August2018/Images/STR.Horizontal1_WHITE_TM.png)](https://strongkey.com/) - SOLUTIONS - Authentication - [FIDO2](https://strongkey.com/fido2-fast-identity-online-v2/) - Data Privacy - [CCPA](https://strongkey.com/ccpa-california-consumer-protection-act/) - [GDPR](https://strongkey.com/gdpr-general-data-protection/) - Healthcare - [HIPAA](https://strongkey.com/healthcare-hipaa-pii-protection/) - Payments - [PCI DSS](https://strongkey.com/pci-dss-card-capture-services/) - PSD2 - PRODUCTS - [Enterprise Data Security – Tellaro E-Series](https://strongkey.com/products-tellaro-e-enterprise-data-security-solution/) - [Mid-Market & PoC Security Solutions – Tellaro T-Series](https://strongkey.com/products-tellaro-t-midmarket-small-business-data-security/) - ABOUT - [Company](https://strongkey.com/about) - [Open Source Declaration](https://strongkey.com/open-source-declaration) - [Newsroom](https://blog.strongkey.com/newsroom) - [Events](https://www.strongkey.com/events/) - [Careers](https://strongkey.com/about/#joinus) - [BLOG](https://blog.strongkey.com/blog) - RESOURCES - [Support](https://strongkey.com/support/) - [Core Concepts](https://strongkey.com/core-concepts/) - [FAQ](https://strongkey.com/faq/) - [Library](https://blog.strongkey.com/resources) - [DEMOS](https://strongkey.com/demos/) - [CONTACT US](https://strongkey.com/contact-us/) All Posts By # Cipher Octopus [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) December 18, 2019 ### 1&1 Telecom fined €9.6M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:** Germany #### **Articles Violated:** - **[Article 32:](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/)***A caller could obtain extensive information on personal customer data from the company's customer service department simply by entering a customer's name and date of..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) December 17, 2019 ### Employee Insurance Service Provider fined €900,000 #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**    Netherlands #### **Articles Violated:** - [Art. 32 GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/): *Did not use multi-factor authentication when accessing the online employer portal; security was inadequate. Employers and health and safety services were able to..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) December 16, 2019 ### Deutsche Wohnen SE fined €14.5M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**    Germany #### **Articles Violated:** - [Art. 5 GDPR,](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-5-gdpr/) [Art. 25 GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-25-gdpr/): *Personal data of tenants were stored without checking whether storage was permissible or even necessary, sometimes years after it was needed, and there..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) December 16, 2019 ### Austrian Post fined €18,000,000 #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**  Austria #### **Articles Violated:** - [**Article 5 (1) a**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-5-gdpr/): *Created profiles of more than three million Austrians, which included information about their home addresses, personal preferences, habits and possible party..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) August 28, 2019 ### National Revenue Agency fined €2.6M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**  Bulgaria  #### **Articles Violated:** - **[Article 32 GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/):** *Personal data concerning about 6 million persons was illegally accessible.* *Source:[enforcementtracker.com](http://enforcementtracker.com/)* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) July 9, 2019 ### Marriott International, Inc. fined €110.4M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**  United Kingdom #### **Articles Violated:** - **[Article 32 GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/)**: *(Reported November 2018) Marriott failed to undertake sufficient due diligence when it bought Starwood hotels group (2016), whose systems were compromised as..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) July 8, 2019 ### British Airways fined €204.6M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:** United Kingdom  #### **Articles Violated:** - **[Article 32 GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/)**: *In September 2018 user traffic to the British Airways website was diverted to a fraudulent site, from which customer details were harvested by the attackers* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa) January 21, 2019 ### Google, Inc. fined €50M #### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**  France  #### **Articles Violated:** - **[Article 4.11](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-4-gdpr/)**: *Obtained consents had not been given "specifically" and were not "unambigous"* - [**Article 5**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-5-gdpr/): *Lack of transparency* - [**Article 6**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/): *Lack of legal basis* - [**Articles 13**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-13-gdpr/) and [**14**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-14-gdpr/): *..* [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) [View All Posts](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/all) - - ©2020 StrongKey. 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