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Restaurant operator: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Restaurant operator
GERMANY
Art. 5 GDPR Art. 6 GDPR

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The DPA of Berlin has imposed a fine on a restaurant operator. During the Corona pandemic, the operator had required restaurant visitors to fill out forms with their personal data for the purpose of contact tracing as required by law. However, the controller unlawfully used the data to send promotional messages to the data subjects.

Industry: Accomodation and Hospitality

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