CJEU - C-61/19 - Orange Romania

EU LAW CLEANUP Facts. Facts Orange România SA is a provider of mobile telecommunications services on the Romanian market. On 28 March 2018, the Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (national Romanian data protection authority; ‘the ANSPDCP’), based on Article 32 of Law No 677/2001 (Romanian Data Protection Act) imposed an administrative penalty on Orange România (a provider of mobile telecommunication services on the Romanian market) on the ground that copies of the identity documents of its customers had been obtained and stored without their express consent. The DPA also ordered the controller to destroy already existing copies of the IDs.Orange România SA is a provider of mobile telecommunications services on the Romanian market. On 28 March 2018, the Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (national Romanian data protection authority; ‘the ANSPDCP’), based on Article 32 of Law No 677/2001 (Romanian