French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000
France's data protection authority, CNIL, fined a private Loire hospital €500,000 after a breach exposed personal data belonging to 727,000 patients and their relatives. The penalty reflects a failure to maintain adequate data security standards.
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