Romania: Data Protection Authority investigation into Bitdefender over alleged GDPR violations following email security breach

Progress

Current status
in force
30 Apr 2025 in force

Scope

Implementers
Romania
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

30 Apr 2025
in force

Data Protection Authority issued ruling on Bitdefender for GDPR violations following email security breach

On 30 April 2025, the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) concluded an investigation into Bitdefender SRL and found violations of Article 32(1)(b) and (d), as well as Article 32(2) of the General Data Prote…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority