# Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

- Type: Enforcement
- Source: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
- Date: 2022-02-16
- Original: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/ETid-1074
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/47189
- Topics: Controllers, Personal Data, Data Controller, Processing, Processing Agreement, Access Controls, Supervisory Authorities, Law Enforcement

## Summary

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on a private individual. The data subject had filed a complaint against the data controller for publishing images of herself in a bikini on a website without prior authorization. The data subject had originally uploaded the images of herself in a bikini to the second-hand platform Vinted, where she offered the bikini for sale.

## Full text

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on a private individual. The data subject had filed a complaint against the data controller for publishing images of herself in a bikini on a website without prior authorization. The data subject had originally uploaded the images of herself in a bikini to the second-hand platform Vinted, where she offered the bikini for sale.

GDPR Articles: Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR
Industry: Individuals and Private Associations

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