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€50,000 Equifax Iberica S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) fined Equifax Iberica S.L. EUR 50,000 for a violation of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. The controller had added the data subject to a debtor register without… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Insurance Mar 10, 2021
€2M Caixabank S.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) fined Caixabank S.A. EUR 6,000,000 for violations of Art. 6 GDPR, Art. 13 GDPR and Art. 14 GDPR. Customers of the bank were supposed to accept new privacy… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6, 13, 14 Legitimate Interest Processing Agreement Controllers Jan 13, 2021
€29,500 Uppsalahem AB: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Swedish DPA (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) fined the housing company Uppsalahem AB SEK 300,000 (EUR 29,500). The housing company had installed surveillance cameras in an… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Video Surveillance Legitimate Interest Monitoring Dec 15, 2020
DSB (Austria) - 2020-0.743.659 The data subject (customer) filed a complaint against a Viennese restaurant claiming a violation of § 1 Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz - DSG) and Article 6 GDPR:… 2020-0.743.659 ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +1 Personal Data Right of Access Procedures Fairness & Transparency Nov 19, 2020
€1,000 Non-profit organisation: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Belgian data protection authority has imposed a fine of EUR 1000 on a non-profit organisation for sending out direct marketing messages, despite the fact that data subjects… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 6, 21 Right to Object Right to be Forgotten Legitimate Interest May 29, 2020
€60,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing According to the AEPD, the data subject has received several SMS from a separate operator indicating the activation of a new contract. The reason for this was that an employee of… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Consent Mar 4, 2020
€40,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing According to the AEPD, the company sent an SMS to an clients mobile number confirming that a telephone contract with that number had been signed even though the client was not a… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Consent Mar 3, 2020
€525,000 Royal Dutch Tennis Association ('KNLTB'): Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined the Royal Dutch Tennis Association ('KNLTB') with EUR 525,000 for selling the personal data of more than 350,000 of its members to… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Marketing Personal Data Mar 3, 2020
€24,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing According to the AEPD, the company sent two SMS to an clients mobile number informing about a rate change in its contract and confirming the purchase of a new mobile phone,… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Consent Mar 3, 2020
DSB (Austria) - D123.768/0004-DSB/2019 The complainant belongs to a political party and is a member of the city council of an Austrian municipality. In November, the municipality held a meeting on the "parking space… DSB-D123.768/0004-DSB/201 ·Art. 4, 85 Social Media Personal Data Legitimate Interest Dec 18, 2019
€15,000 Website providing legal information: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations An operator of a website for legal news had the privacy statement only available in English, although it was also addressed to a Dutch and French speaking audience. In addition,… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Personal Data Telecommunications Consent Dec 17, 2019
€2,860 Unknown Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles An employee was on sick leave when his employer checked his desktop, laptop and emails to ensure that his work-related duties were being covered in his absence. The employer then… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +2 Monitoring Human Resources Employees Oct 15, 2019
€15,100 Town of Kerepes: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The city based its video surveillance practice on its legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) f GDPR). However, accordingt to Art. 6 (1) subparagraph 2 this legal basis shall not apply… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 6 Video Surveillance Legitimate Interest Public Authority Oct 1, 2019
CNPD (Portugal) - Deliberação 2019/494 In its Opinion 20/2018 concerning the draft of Law 58/2019 which ensures the implementation of the GDPR in the portuguese national legal framework, the DPA drew the attention of… Deliberação 2019/494 ·Art. 2, 3, 5 +8 Controllers Personal Data Processing Sep 3, 2019
€150,000 PWC Business Solutions: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The processing of employee personal data was based on consent. The HDPA found that consent as legal basis was inappropriate, as the processing of personal data was intended to… GREECE ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +1 Legitimate Interest Fairness & Transparency Controllers Jul 30, 2019
€2,850 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The individual requested the deletion of his contact data (including his telephone number), however the controller further processed his contact data for claim enforcement… NAIH ·Art. 5, 6, 17 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Legitimate Interest Controllers Personal Data Jun 26, 2019
€2,850 Financial Enterprise: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A client of a financial enterprise complained that the financial enterprise transferred his data after he objected against the processing and did not provide information on the… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6, 21 Legitimate Interest Controllers Insurance Jun 26, 2019
€2,850 Claim management company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The complainants stated during the case that they concluded a credit agreement with the bank, which sold its claim against the complainants and transferred their respective data… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Insurance Controllers Jun 3, 2019
€3,200 Unnamed financial institution: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The fine was imposed in relation to a data subject's request for data correction and erasure. NAIH levied a fine against an unnamed financial institution for unlawfully rejecting… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +1 Retention Period Legitimate Interest Personal Data Mar 4, 2019
Datatilsynet (Norway) - 15/01355 Legelisten.no AS is a Norwegian limited liability company running a website where people anonymously can post reviews about dentists, doctors, psychologists and other healthcare… 15/01355 ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +3 Legitimate Interest Healthcare Personal Data Nov 8, 2017