Skip to content
Enforcement
EN

HM Hospitales: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

€48,000 fine - Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)

€48,000 Fine
HM Hospitales
SPAIN
Insufficient legal basis for data processing

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