noyb WIN: Dutch authority fines Netflix €4.75 Million

Data Subject Rights noyb has achieved a win against Netflix. Almost five years after the complaint has been filed, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has finally issued a decision. The authority is imposing a fine of €4.75 million against the streaming provider because it failed to adequately inform customers about what it does with their data. Press release from the Dutch DPAOriginal noyb complaint against NetflixEight complaints, no company fully complied. In January 2019, noyb filed eight complaints against a series of streaming providers such as Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube – and of course Netflix. All of these companies failed to adequately respond to users’ access requests under Article 15 GDPR in one way or another. According to the right of access, companies are obliged to grant their users access to a copy of all raw data that it about the user, as well as additional information about the sources and recipients of the data, the purpose for which the data is pro