Law note · Poland

GDPR Articles 33-34, Breach Notification

cite Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Arts. 33-34 stage In effect since 2018-05-25 reviewed 2026-08-24

A controller must notify UODO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal-data breach, and notify the affected individual without undue delay where the breach is likely to result in a high risk. No Poland-specific derogation from this timeline or threshold was identified in the Act's own chapters.

What it asks of an app

  • Notify UODO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal-data breach affecting a person in Poland, and notify affected individuals without undue delay where the breach is likely to result in a high risk to them.

When LexLint raises it

Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, processes_biometrics

Primary source: GDPR Arts. 33-34

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