It is unlawful to prevent authorised employees of the Personal Data Protection Office from carrying

The Supreme Administrative Court, in a judgment of 28 January 2025, confirms that the  Surveyor General of Poland prevented the President of Personal Data Protection Office from carrying out an inspection. The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the cassation appeal against the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw, which upheld the fine of PLN 100,000 imposed on the Surveyor General of Poland for preventing the employees of the Personal Data Protection Office from carrying out an inspection.

The Supreme Administrative Court confirms that it is not lawful to prevent authorised employees of the Personal Data Protection Office from carrying out inspections and to decide independently on the scope of such activities - this is the conclusion that emerges from the Supreme Administrative Court's judgment of 28 January 2025. In the judgment, the court shared all the arguments of the President of the Personal Data Protection Office expressed in the decision imposing a fine of PLN 100,000 on the Surveyor General of Poland. The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the cassation appeal of the Surveyor General of Poland against the judgment of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw.

File ref. no. III OSK 5393/21