Czech Fin Min fined for release of bank details

Finance Ministry fined for making public details of bank account of ProMoPro owner Jaroslav Veselý, suspected of ripping off the state

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Chris Johnstone | 01.08.2011

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ÚOOÚ said Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek (left) was wrong to reveal details of the ProMoPro owner’s bank account at a press conference

The Czech watchdog on the privacy of personal information, the (ÚOOÚ), has fined the Finance Ministry Kč 80,000 for releasing details of the bank account of a businessman suspected of ripping off the state in a contract to provide services during the country’s EU presidency. The company, ProMoPro, has become a byword for gouging the state after a non-competitive tender.

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