News and events
The Personal Data Protection Office prepared workshops for children affected by the flood
30.09.2024
Seminar “Data protection as part of society and state resilience”
26.09.2024
Meeting with representatives of the Data Protection Officers and Administrators
26.09.2024
The Voivodeship Administrative Court dismissed the complaint Morele.net against the decision
23.09.2024
Personal data breaches caused by the flood situation
20.09.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office moves into the country
20.09.2024
Local governments and personal data protection
13.09.2024
Meeting between the President of the Personal Data Protection Office and the FRA
12.09.2024
Another seminar organised by Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) in cooperation with Polish SA
12.09.2024
President of the Personal Data Protection Office met with data protection officers in the courts
11.09.2024
Students were introduced to the day-to-day work of the Personal Data Protection Office
10.09.2024
The future of quantum technology – President of the Personal Data Protection Office at a conference
10.09.2024
Data protection in the third sector
04.09.2024
Fine for the National Public Prosecutor's Office for disclosing the data of a crime victim
03.09.2024
Meeting of the Personal Data Protection Office with KPMG
29.08.2024
Administrative fine for the Independent Public Health Care Centre in Pajęczno after loss of data
26.08.2024
One in eight SME companies hands employee data to hackers on a platter
23.08.2024
Launch of the 15th Edition of the "Your data – Your concern" Programme
20.08.2024
Polish SA discusses processing of personal data in the rail transport sector
19.08.2024
Further materials on the publication of children's images on the Internet
16.08.2024
Nearly PLN 1.5 million fine for a medical company after a hacker attack
13.08.2024
How to protect whistleblowers’ data – summary of the seminar
12.08.2024
Meta is not allowed to publish advertisements in Poland using data of the President of InPost
09.08.2024
President of the Polish SA bans Meta company from publishing ads using Omena Mensah's data in Poland
08.08.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office at the next stop of the Tour de Konstytucja
08.08.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office at the Pol’and’Rock Festival
05.08.2024
The President of the Polish SA will address citizens' complaints regarding the envelope elections
05.08.2024
More than 7 million employees targeted by hackers
02.08.2024
The Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers. The President of the Polish SA invites you to a seminar
02.08.2024
Another European court judgment confirms that supervision of service operations needs to be improved
31.07.2024
Guide on personal data processing by trade unions to be published by the Polish SA
31.07.2024
The Act on the National Revenue Administration requires amendments
30.07.2024
Poles have a high awareness of the functioning of the Personal Data Protection Office
29.07.2024
Seventh Webinar in the ‘Certification in Data Protection’ Series
25.07.2024
Passenger data needs comprehensive protection – meeting of the President of the Polish SA with PPL
23.07.2024
Police and prosecution access to telecommunications data
22.07.2024
We are analysing comments on the Personal Data Protection Office’s guides
19.07.2024
Not every interruption of data access constitutes a breach
19.07.2024
Opinion of the Polish SA on the deputies' draft law on civil protection in times of natural disaster
18.07.2024
What should be taken into account when implementing the Artificial Intelligence Act?
17.07.2024
It is necessary to separate the position of the DPO in the civil service
16.07.2024
Personal Data Protection Office discusses code of conduct for local government units
16.07.2024
Access to data of users who violate copyright should be restricted
11.07.2024
New position on muzzling law – privacy of judges and prosecutors must be protected
10.07.2024
The right to privacy and images of children on the internet. Handbook.
08.07.2024
Fine for the sales platform Vinted
05.07.2024
You can now read the comments on the Personal Data Protection Office’s guides
04.07.2024
Challenges for data protection in the light of new legislation
03.07.2024
President of the Polish SA reminds to include data protection standards in the ECL
03.07.2024
The President of Polish SA took part in the conference PINT24 - Law and New Technologies
02.07.2024
The comments on the government's draft Act on Poland's Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2025
02.07.2024
Public consultation on the application of the Act on the protection of whistleblowers
01.07.2024
Scientific conference on personal data protection in the light of selected legal acts
17.06.2024
President of the Polish SA met with data protection officers of church institutions
21.06.2024
Seminar organised by the Social Insurance Institution in cooperation with the Polish SA
11.06.2024
The controller is obliged to cooperate with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office
21.06.2024
President of the Polish SA comments on the draft act on supporting parents
12.06.2024
The President of the Polish SA talks with representatives of the Association of Voice Overs
17.06.2024
The draft Law on Electronic Communications requires changes
17.06.2024
Meta suspends using users' data to train artificial intelligence
18.06.2024
Comments of the President of the Polish SA on the Presidential draft law on personal assistance
18.06.2024
17th Congress on the Protection of Classified Information, Business Information and Personal Data
06.06.2024
Growing data protection challenges for local governments require cooperation with the Polish SA
27.06.2024
Zdravko Vukić elected new Deputy Chair of the European Data Protection Board
26.06.2024
Provisions on biometric data in the central register of identity cards to be improved
25.06.2024
Act on the protection of whistleblowers adopted without taking into account comments of Polish SA
25.06.2024
Compensation responsibility for data disclosure - after the CJEU judgment C-741/21
07.06.2024
Seminar organised by the Social Security Institution in cooperation with the Polish SA
24.06.2024
“Personal Data Protection of Employees in the MSME Sector” Webinar. Research Results
21.06.2024
The Polish SA launches national survey on controllers' exercise of the right of access to data
18.06.2024
Interactive educational materials
14.06.2024
Challenges of the future of personal data protection - Personal Data Protection Office’s conference
05.06.2024
The fourth edition of the Tour de Constitution civil society project has started
03.06.2024
Children's safety in the face of new technologies
31.05.2024
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office appointed the Social Team of Experts
05.06.2024
Following the CJEU judgment, provisions on the National Police Information System should be amended
10.06.2024
Independence of the DPOs must be the standard - summary of the outcomes of the meeting at the DPA
10.06.2024
ECHR judgment on surveillance in Poland
29.05.2024
It is time to revise the Personal Data Protection Office’s guides - we look forward to hearing from
21.05.2024
The President took part in a discussion organised as part of European e-Commerce Summit
24.05.2024
Conference “Personal data protection in the EU. Where are we heading on the eve of the elections?"
28.05.2024
Results of the 12th edition of the student essay competition
04.06.2024
Modern ticketing systems must not violate privacy
23.05.2024
Children's image as the topic of the next webinar of the Personal Data Protection Office
13.05.2024
Only one week left to submit an essay in the 12th edition of the UODO competition for students
17.05.2024
We already know this year's winners of the ‘Golden Pen’ of the President of the Polish SA
10.05.2024
The sixth webinar in the ‘Certification in Data Protection’ series
15.05.2024
President took part in the work of the Sejm Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence
09.05.2024
Almost PLN 240 thousand fine for a company whose employee lost a flash drive with personal data
17.05.2024
The President will deal with the leakage of an activist's data from the State Sanitary Inspectorate
06.05.2024
Police press releases are not the place to disclose personal data
08.05.2024
Fine for sports association for failing to respond appropriately to disclosure of personal data
15.05.2024
Meeting of the equality research team of the Human Rights Cities Institute
09.05.2024
How to collect signatures for a legislative initiative. Fine for the ‘Stop LGBT’ Initiative Committe
20.05.2024
President at the Conference "Law versus Proceedings Algorithms and AI in Health Protection"
13.05.2024
President of the Personal Data Protection Office met with the Church Data Protection Officer
20.05.2024
The President notified the prosecutor's office about the leakage of the pandabuy.com customers' data
02.05.2024
Public consultation in the legislative process the subject of talks between the DPA and the Sejm
27.05.2024
Issues of children's data processing in the modern world
29.04.2024
The President of the Polish SA will deal with the leakage of an activist's data
06.05.2024
The Michał Serzycki Data Protection Award 2024 granted
26.04.2024
12th edition of the Personal Data Protection Office competition for students
25.04.2024
The President of the Polish SA has serious reservations about the register of public figures
24.04.2024
The online advertising personalisation identifier constitutes personal data
25.04.2024
President of the Personal Data Protection Office met with the Church Data Protection Officer
23.04.2024
Welcome today to the Conference “Challenges for the protection of children's personal data”
26.04.2024
Meeting of the President of the Polish SA with representatives of the Direct Marketing Association
29.04.2024
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office intervenes with the President of Poczta Polska
23.04.2024
The Court dismissed the complaint of the Disciplinary Ombudsman of the Bar Association
19.04.2024
Fifth webinar in the "Certification in Data Protection" series
18.04.2024
Draft Act on corporate governance in companies with State Treasury participation - opinion
11.04.2024
The controller must have a basis for data processing
12.04.2024
Meeting on the DPOs' independence
08.04.2024
Webinar on "Digital l@byrinth - beware of online traps"
05.04.2024
Schengen Evaluation Mission at the Personal Data Protection Office
16.04.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office again at the workshop on the Constitution
12.04.2024
Discussions about data protection in the attorney-at-law profession
15.04.2024
Data protection safeguards are important for the safe implementation of the AI Act
15.04.2024
How to coordinate the activities of individuals to effectively help children
17.04.2024
Over 600 people at the meeting. Thank you for participation in the discussion on DPOs' independence
11.04.2024
The draft of Cryptoassets Act needs to clarify data protection rules
08.04.2024
The President of the Polish SA withdraws a cassation appeal brought before the Court
29.03.2024
Meeting between the DPA and the Chamber of e-Commerce
28.03.2024
Concern for individuals' data more important than the interests of the controller
02.04.2024
Meeting with the Polish Bank Association
05.04.2024
Meeting with the National Association for the Protection of Personal Data in the Medical Sector
05.04.2024
The President of the Polish SA monitors the leakage of patients data of DCG Medical Center
28.03.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office at the Tour de Constitution workshop
27.03.2024
Data protection in times of threat
27.03.2024
The President of the Polish SA met with the organiser of the Tour de Constitution project
21.03.2024
Fourth webinar in the "Certification in Data Protection" series
22.03.2024
The President of the Polish SA met with the European Data Protection Supervisor
20.03.2024
The President of the Polish SA met with the Association of of Data Protection Practitioners
19.03.2024
The President of the Polish SA met with the President of the Association of DPOs
20.03.2024
Meeting of the Personal Data Protection Office with the Polish Confederation Lewiatan
22.03.2024
[UPDATED] The Supreme Administrative Court of Poland confirmed
20.04.2024
The President of the SA met with representatives of the Association of Data Protection Companies
23.03.2024
Provisions of the draft Act on Foreigners require clarification
14.03.2024
22nd Annual Meeting of the Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Authorities
01.03.2024
World Consumer Day
15.03.2024
Collegium Humanum has notified a data breach to the President of the Personal Data Protection Office
05.03.2024
The President of the Polish supervisory authority meets organisations representing DPOs
08.03.2024
The Personal Data Protection Office deepens cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Affairs
07.03.2024
The appeal of the Mayor of the City and Municipality was dismissed by the Court
28.02.2024
Data processing by healthcare bodies in a dual role
15.03.2024
The President of the Polish supervisory authority met with the President of the National Bar Council
08.03.2024
Proposals to amend whistle-blower of legislation require amendments
12.03.2024
President of the Personal Data Protection Office at the conference on Digital Services Act
15.03.2024
Greater presence of the Personal Data Protection Office on social media
01.03.2024
The President of the Polish SA may handle complaints against parliamentary committees of inquiry
11.03.2024
Deputy President of the Personal Data Protection Office
04.03.2024
Jakub Groszkowski has been dismissed from his position as Deputy President of the Polish SA
29.02.2024
Transparency of public officers does not justify the interference in privacy of their spouses
22.02.2024
The role of medical data needs more attention
09.02.2024
Personal Data Protection Office’s sectoral inspections plan for 2024
12.02.2024
10th Open Day of the Personal Data Protection Office at the WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza
05.02.2024
The Polish SA decided to investigate the cases of disclosure of data that led to the tragedy
19.02.2024
The Voivodeship Administrative Court confirms that data breaches cannot be trivialised
07.02.2024
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office again fined Morele.net company
08.02.2024
Deputy President of the Personal Data Protection Office
02.02.2024
The cooperation of the Personal Data Protection Office and the Ombudsman
02.02.2024
The controller should notify the personal data breach to the President of the SA without undue delay
24.01.2024
Mirosław Wróblewski has taken the oath of office as the President of the Polish SA
26.01.2024
A fine of PLN 100,000 for disclosure of health data
22.12.2023
Data Protection Day 2024 is coming up
03.01.2024
Workshop for students begins the celebration of the 18th Data Protection Day
18.12.2023
New Technologies Forum - video recordings
19.10.2023
Joint action for better data protection
21.12.2023
Companies will be able to obtain industry-specific certificates of compliance of the processing
08.12.2023
Cooperation for the security of patients’ data
30.11.2023
Personal data on an employee's private computer must also be protected
07.12.2023
Further administrative fine for failure to notify a personal data breach
23.11.2023
The President of the Polish SA approved the Code of conduct for the healthcare sector
11.12.2023
New technologies and personal data protection - the conference of UODO and ZUS
14.11.2023
Training for participants of the 14th edition of the “Your Data – Your Concern” Programme
06.11.2023
The Voivodeship Administrative Court has accepted the fine imposed on Virgin Mobile
20.10.2023
The technology has to be compliant with the GDPR
20.09.2023
The Supreme Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
20.09.2023
New Technologies Forum 2023: What is the future of personal data?
11.09.2023
On September 1 this year we start recruitment for the "Your data – Your concern" programme
30.08.2023
Protection of personal data in the election campaign – UODO’s guide
23.08.2023
Ryanair's passenger verification procedure. The Polish SA reacts
28.08.2023
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw: consequences of the event need not materialise
03.08.2023
Your data cannot be well protected without proper safeguards
19.07.2023
Further administrative fines for lack of cooperation with the DPA
27.07.2023
More and more Poles recognise phishing, but only half of them know what to do if they click on link
29.06.2023
Ineffective technical safeguards as a reason for imposing a fine
27.06.2023
Chronicle of the 13th edition of the “Your data - Your concern” programme
23.06.2023
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw once again confirmed the findings of the Polish SA
21.06.2023
The winner of the “Golden Pen” is the School Complex No. 1 from Lublin
16.06.2023
Only correct analysis helps to adapt measures and procedures to the assessed risk
15.06.2023
GDPR Summer Leadership Academy [update]
01.06.2023
DPA President does not agree with questioning of his independence by the Court
12.05.2023
Administrative fine for lack of personal data breach notification
10.05.2023
Long cooperation between controller and processor does not guarantee data security
04.04.2023
Personal Data Protection Law Institute (in Polish: "IPODO") has been established
27.04.2023
Risk assessment and compliance with procedures ensure the security of personal data
18.05.2023
Five years of the GDPR
25.05.2023
A visit at the Personal Data Protection Office by delegations from the Czech Republic and Germany
25.05.2023
Personal identification number (PESEL number) more valuable than last name
31.05.2023
Personal data cannot be processed without a legal basis
12.01.2023
Technical and organisational measures should be complementary
20.02.2023
Personal Data Protection Law Institute was inaugurated
25.05.2023
Another controller with the fine for failing to notify the personal data breach
10.05.2023
Children's Day with the Polish SA. How we protect personal data with „the GDPR-buddy".
24.05.2023
Several infringements of the GDPR lead to administrative fine for housing community
22.03.2023
Court dismissed P4's complaint against the decision of DPA
02.03.2023
Technical and organisational measures should be complementary
20.02.2023
The 17th Personal Data Protection Day is over!
06.02.2023
Personal Data Protection Office’s Sectoral Inspections Plan for 2023
18.01.2023
17th Personal Data Protection Day
16.01.2023
Audio recording should be conducted only with legal basis
21.12.2022
The first Polish code of conduct compliant with the GDPR approved
14.12.2022
Another fine for telecom operator for failure to notify the personal data breach
23.11.2022
Risk assessment and acting in accordance with established procedures counteract data loss
16.11.2022
The Voivodeship Administrative Court: data breach must be communicated to the data subject
27.10.2022
Study visit of representatives of the Personal Data Protection Agency of North Macedonia
17.10.2022
Courts’ obligation to notify personal data breaches to the supervisory authority
12.10.2022
#ODOlekcje - a new initiative in the 'Your data - Your concern' programme
10.10.2022
Processing the personal data by a processor must be documented
22.09.2022
Affected persons want to know how to deal with the consequences of personal data breach
20.09.2022
Can financial institutions copy ID cards?
16.08.2022
Administrative fine of PLN 10,000 for disclosing patient’s data
01.08.2022
The Administrative Court upholds DPA’s decision on administrative fine imposed on Bank Millennium
21.07.2022
Third fine for the Surveyor General of Poland – for failure to notify the personal data breach
14.07.2022
More than half of Poles do not know how to react in case of personal data leakage
27.06.2022
Audio recording requires legal basis
23.06.2022
The "Golden Pen" statuette went to the students and teachers of Warsaw's Primary School No. 360
22.06.2022
Loss of a document with personal data and failure to notify the incident as a reason for a fine
07.06.2022
Vinted investigation signals closer and stronger cooperation between data protection authorities
02.06.2022
Children want to know how to protect personal data in the era of new technologies
01.06.2022
We declare one thing and do another. How not to protect personal data
25.05.2022
Harmonisation of the methodology on the calculation of administrative fines at the EDPB level
18.05.2022
The EU’s Data Act: Joint Opinion of the EDPS and EDBP
11.05.2022
Competitions for students and schools settled
09.05.2022
DPAs decide on closer cooperation on strategic cases
04.05.2022
The Polish DPA joins the celebration of the Day of New Technologies in Education
19.04.2022
Voivodeship Administrative Court: an employee may not replace the controller in its duties
12.04.2022
Voivodeship Administrative Court fully dismissed KSSIP's complaint against the Polish DPA's decision
07.04.2022
On the protection of personal data of people coming from Ukraine during the DPOs Forum
04.04.2022
Verification of compliance with the provisions on data protection officer
30.03.2022
Everyone has the right to the protection of fundamental rights
28.03.2022
Land and mortgage register number makes it possible to obtain personal data – CHR confirms
23.03.2022
Record fine imposed on controller for personal data breach
28.02.2022
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office expresses his solidarity with the Ukrainian DPA
24.02.2022
Not just negative consequences, but the risk of their occurrence as a reason for breach notification
22.02.2022
Failure to collect correspondence sent by the Polish DPA also proves lack of cooperation
14.02.2022
New technologies and privacy. What is worth remembering not only on the Safer Internet Day
08.02.2022
The group of ‘Michał Serzycki’ Data Protection Award winners has expanded
28.01.2022
16th Data Protection Day in schools
27.01.2022
Personal Data Protection Office’s sectoral inspections plan for 2022
13.01.2022
Cassation appeal against the judgement of the WSA on the processing of data of a bank customer
13.01.2022
Failure to comply with the obligations may result with a fine for the controller
11.01.2022
16th Data Protection Day
03.01.2022