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The revised online form for notifying data breaches will be published next week
The Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman has made changes to the online form for notifying personal data breaches. The revised form will be published on Monday, 27 October 2025 at 8.00 a.m. The aim is to streamline the processing of notifications.
Show moreOffice of the Data Protection Ombudsman: Government cloud services must meet data protection requirements
The Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman has assessed the practices of the Government ICT Centre Valtori, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and the Tax Administration in the use of cloud services in 2022. The assessment found that an adequate level of data protection had not been ensured for personal data transferred to the United States through the cloud service provided by Valtori. The EU and the United States did not have a data transfer arrangement in force at the time. The assessment was part of a more extensive report examining the use of cloud services by approximately 100 public-sector organisations in the EU.
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