Enforcement
EN HM Hospitales: Insufficient legal basis for data processing
€48,000 fine - Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Content
The data subject stated that at the time of his admission to hospital he had to fill in a form containing a checkbox indicating that, if he did not tick it, he agreed to the transfer of his data to third parties. This form, provided by HM, was not compatible with the GDPR, since consent was to be obtained through the inactivity of the data subject.
GDPR Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Industry: Health Care