Significant accounting errors exceeding CZK 120 million corrected by the Office for Personal Data Protection
PRESS RELEASE ON AUDIT NO 25/15 – 27 July 2026
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) reviewed the data in the closing account, accounting, and the financial statements of the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Czech Republic (OPDP) for the year 2025. The auditors also focused on the information that the OPDP submitted for the evaluation of state budget implementation. Since the audit began during the 2025 fiscal year, the OPDP was able to continuously correct the deficiencies identified by the auditors.
The accounting errors identified, amounting to CZK 120.2 million, would have had a significant impact on the balances reported in the OPDP’s 2025 financial statements. The deficiencies primarily concerned contingent liabilities arising from contracts. The OPDP corrected the identified accounting errors and, in addition, implemented appropriate systemic measures in its accounting and reporting processes. Following these corrections, the SAO considers the OPDP’s accounting to be in compliance with legal regulations, and the financial statements to present a true and fair view of the subject of the accounting.
The OPDP’s closing account and the information it submitted for the evaluation of state budget implementation in the year 2025 contained non-material shortcomings, which the OPDP also corrected. Therefore, the SAO considers this information to be reliable.
Following the corrective measures implemented during the audit, the SAO assessed the OPDP’s internal control system in the audited areas as effective.
Communication Department
Supreme Audit Office