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The DPA imposed a fine of €6,000 on the controller for publishing on numerous websites naked images of the data subject without a valid legal basis. English Summary. Facts. The DPA received a complaint by a data subject after a controller created fake profiles in the data subjects name, and published images from eight years ago where the data subject appeared naked. The images were published and made available on multiple websites. The DPA initiated a preliminary investigation, and located links and images of the data subject on other websites. The DPA found the data subject and the images in question on 89 websites. The DPA contacted some of the websites and requested them to remove the images, however on eight websites removal did not happen. Holding. The DPA held that in the present case, numerous images of the data subject were published on various websites which constitutes processing of personal data by the controller. The images contained erotic or pornographic content and inclu