Enforcement · Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) EN LLM context A cited markdown file you can paste into your AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, a RAG or project knowledge base) to ground it in this document. Contains: this document’s text, its sections with their topics, and the full text of every law provision it applies. Everything links back to its source on overview.legal — legal information, not advice.

BELGIUM DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights

The Belgian DPA (APD) imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on a company due to insufficient fulfilment of data subject rights.

€15,000 Fine
Unknown
BELGIUM
Art. 14 GDPR Art. 12 GDPR Art. 6 GDPR Art. 5 GDPR Art. 24 GDPR
Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Controllers Processing Data Subject Rights Exercise Modalities and Procedures
Dec 23, 2020 Source gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be

Full text

The Belgian DPA (APD) imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on a company due to insufficient fulfilment of data subject rights. The controller is a debt collection agency which was commissioned by another company to collect debts owed to it. The data subject was issued a fine for illegal parking by the last-mentioned company. However, the data subject states that he/she did not receive the fine notice. Instead, the data subject only learned about it when he/she received an official reminder letter from the controller, which then demanded payment of the reminder fees in addition to the original fine. The data subject then contacted the controller and requested, among other things, information about which of his/her personal data had been processed. After this request was not fulfilled in a timely manner, the data subject filed a complaint against the controller . During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had violated provisions of the GDPR, for example, by failing to comply with the data subject's request for information on the data processing.

Industry: Industry and Commerce

How it connects

References

All 9

Related across sources

C-132/21 BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság In Case C-132/21, the Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber) issued a preliminary ruling responding to a referral from the Budapest High Court concerning the… CJEU ·First Chamber Jan 12, 2023 Supervision Supervisory Authorities Personal Data
HvJ EU 9 januari 2025, C‑394/23 (Mousse) Artikelen: 5(1)(c), 6(1), en 21 AVG Onderwerp : Beginsel van minimale gegevensverwerking Gek genoeg verwijst het HvJ EU zelf niet naar HvJ EU 1 augustus 2022, C‑184/20… HvJ EU 9 januari 2025, C‑394/23 (Mousse). ·CJEU Jan 9, 2025 IP Address Retention Period Identification
C-487/21 Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v CRIF C-487/21 (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde) CJEU Oct 26, 2023 Right of Access Right to Restriction Personal Data
CJEU Bavarian Lager: Disclosing personal data in access-to-documents requests is Processing: Communication of personal data in response to a request for access to documents constitutes processing. (¶69) Jun 29, 2010 Personal Data Legitimate Interest Right to Restriction
C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems C-311/18 (Schrems II) CJEU Jul 16, 2020 Privacy Shield Processing Agreement International Transfer
C-131/12 Google Spain SL and Google Inc. v AEPD and Mario Costeja González C-131/12 (Google Spain) CJEU May 13, 2014 IP Address Material scope (GDPR) Personal Data
Related documents