--- title: Political groups demand ‘responsibilities’ over Parliament’s data leak date: '2024-06-10' year: 2024 lang: en type: post wp_slug: political-groups-demand-responsibilities-over-parliaments-data-leak wp_url: >- http://armingaud-avocat.fr/en/political-groups-demand-responsibilities-over-parliaments-data-leak/ categories: - Data Breach - Europe - Interview - Privacy tags: - site Language: English created: '2024-06-10' modified: '2024-06-10' published: '2024-06-10' --- _Four political groups have sent letters to the European Parliament President asking for further details, action, and “responsibilities” related to a recent data breach that affected a significant amount of employees’ personal data, including passports._ > The fact that the communication came in waves could indicate that “they were overly cautious and wanted to be a step ahead in terms of informing the data subject and be transparent,” said Claude-Etienne Armingaud, a partner at law firm K&L Gates who focuses on privacy and tech law. > The lawyer identified four potential points of failure which, if confirmed, could justify possible action from the data protection authority: a lapse in security, an unjustified amount of data being collected or for an unjustified amount of time, or an incomplete communication to the data subject. > As this is a high-profile case, it is likely to be followed up by the EDPS, Armingaud said. **Read the full article** on [Euractiv]().