{"id":8317,"date":"2023-05-16T11:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/personal-data-of-100000-belgians-leaked-by-obtaining-wrong-tax-return-proposal\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:59:00","slug":"personal-data-of-100000-belgians-leaked-by-obtaining-wrong-tax-return-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/en\/personal-data-of-100000-belgians-leaked-by-obtaining-wrong-tax-return-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal data of 100,000 Belgians leaked by obtaining wrong Tax Return Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8317\" class=\"elementor elementor-8317 elementor-8305\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a6ede5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a6ede5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8815f7\" data-id=\"c8815f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc53c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cc53c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personal data of 100,000 Belgians leaked by obtaining wrong Tax Return Proposal  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44159cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44159cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1e20b4\" data-id=\"a1e20b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a9d60 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75a9d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a214bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a214bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef6f7f4\" data-id=\"ef6f7f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55d486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f55d486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>100,000 Belgians have been affected by a data breach this month because, due to a printer&#8217;s glitch, they received the wrong <\/strong><strong>proposal<\/strong><strong> tax return (VVA) proposal.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--uicore-typography--p-c,'#070707'); font-family: var(--uicore-typography--p-f,'Inter'); font-style: var(--uicore-typography--p-st,'normal'); letter-spacing: var(--uicore-typography--p-ls,'-0.027em'); text-transform: var(--uicore-typography--p-t,'none');\"><a href=\"https:\/\/financien.belgium.be\/nl\">The FPS Finance<\/a> is hiring an outside printer to print its tax return proposals.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--uicore-typography--p-c,'#070707'); font-family: var(--uicore-typography--p-f,'Inter'); font-style: var(--uicore-typography--p-st,'normal'); letter-spacing: var(--uicore-typography--p-ls,'-0.027em'); text-transform: var(--uicore-typography--p-t,'none');\">A final calculation of taxes payable or received is provided on such proposals.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--uicore-typography--p-c,'#070707'); font-family: var(--uicore-typography--p-f,'Inter'); font-style: var(--uicore-typography--p-st,'normal'); letter-spacing: var(--uicore-typography--p-ls,'-0.027em'); text-transform: var(--uicore-typography--p-t,'none');\">In 100,000 cases, this calculation ended up in the wrong envelope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b05bef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b05bef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67dc4bf\" data-id=\"67dc4bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53084d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53084d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leaked personal data<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe96b33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe96b33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb00ed5\" data-id=\"bb00ed5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fe118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"71fe118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ontwerp-zonder-titel-13.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e80006 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e80006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7b19b5\" data-id=\"e7b19b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f398a66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f398a66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obtaining the wrong RSA is very problematic in terms of GDPR.  <\/p>\n<p>In fact, the proposals contain the following information:  <\/p>\n<p>-the name,  <\/p>\n<p>-income  <\/p>\n<p>-rich registry number of those involved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This data is <strong>personal data <\/strong>and falls under the scope of the GDPR.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Article 4(1) GDPR defines &#8220;personal data&#8221; as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em><u>&#8220;all information<\/u><\/em><em>  about an identified or identifiable natural person (&#8220;data subject&#8221;); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a  <\/em><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--uicore-typography--p-c,'#070707'); font-family: var(--uicore-typography--p-f,'Inter'); letter-spacing: var(--uicore-typography--p-ls,'-0.027em'); text-transform: var(--uicore-typography--p-t,'none');\"><u>name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or of one or more elements that are characteristic of that natural person&#8217;s physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity<\/u>;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The fact that 100,000 Belgians received such sensitive data from other individuals is a serious personal data breach, one can therefore say in this situation that a data breach has occurred.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Article 4 of the GDPR, one speaks of a data breach when the following situation occurs:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;a breach of security that results in the accidental <u>or unlawful<\/u> destruction, loss, alteration or <u>unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed<\/u>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given the fact that the affected Belgians had access to the national registry number, name, first name and income of other persons and the fact that it is possible to use such data to find out a great deal of information about a particular person, this incident certainly qualifies as an unauthorized access to transmitted data that can lead to serious consequences.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Data breaches, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacy-regulation.eu\/nl\/artikel-33-melding-van-een-inbreuk-in-verband-met-persoonsgegevens-aan-de-toezichthoudende-autoriteit-EU-AVG.htm\">Article 33 of the GDPR<\/a>, must be reported to national data protection authority within 72 hours of discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The data subject must also be informed when the breach is likely to result in a high risk to his rights and freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p>Both the nature of the breach and recommendations on how to mitigate possible negative consequences should be reported to him  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FPS Finance reports that the data breach has since been reported to the Data Protection Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the affected citizens were also sent the correct RSA.<\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dedf5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dedf5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eaa8643\" data-id=\"eaa8643\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e2231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29e2231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How could this have been prevented?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a17515 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a17515\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c821f90\" data-id=\"c821f90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908c12f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"908c12f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ontwerp-zonder-titel-99-e1692279870387.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8313\" alt=\"heb ik bedrijfsgeheim\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a80893 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a80893\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f527095\" data-id=\"f527095\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2eedd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2eedd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How it could come to switched declaration forms is not known exactly. The FPS Finance only releases that the attachments were switched due to a printer&#8217;s malfunction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>One can ask the question here, how could this situation have been avoided?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>To answer this question, it is essential first and foremost to determine whether the FPS finances and\/or the printer involved were aware at all of the possible existence of this risk.  <\/p>\n<p>Conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/dpia\/\">DPIA (Data protection impact assessment)<\/a>can help with this<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is because a properly conducted DPIA provides insight into the risks that a particular processing of personal data poses to data subjects.<\/p>\n<p>A DPIA also outlines the measures your organization should take to cover these risks.  <\/p>\n<p>It is then up to your company to actually take those measures.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to conduct a DPIA, you can always consult an accredited<a href=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/contact\/\">DPO.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93e67a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93e67a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-438e874\" data-id=\"438e874\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db31878 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db31878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Appoint DPO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58f1490 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58f1490\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b299973\" data-id=\"b299973\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-411ddba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"411ddba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/dpoassociates.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Logo-DPO-Associates-031.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7448\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A data breach accidentally releases personal data. 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