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Debt collecting agancy (GESTIÓN DE COBROS, YO COBRO SL): Insufficient legal basis for data processing

After the claimant did alledgedly not pay back a microcredit to an online credit agany, the claim was assigned to the debt collecting agancy.

€60,000 Fine
Debt collecting agancy (GESTIÓN DE COBROS, YO COBRO SL)
SPAIN
Art. 5 GDPR

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After the claimant did alledgedly not pay back a microcredit to an online credit agany, the claim was assigned to the debt collecting agancy. Subsequently, the latter startet sending emails not only to email addresses provided by the claimant but also to an institutional email address of his workplace accessible by any co-worker which was never provided by the claimant.

Industry: Finance, Insurance and Consulting

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