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Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Brandenburg imposed a three-digit fine on a company employee. The individual had sent an Excel spreadsheet with employee data of 56 employees to her private e-mail… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Security Employees Human Resources Jan 1, 2021
€12,500 Energy supplier: €12,500 fine The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 12,5000 on an energy supplier. The company had outsourced and sold its heating energy division. Customers affected by the transfer… GERMANY ·HmbBfDI ·Unknown Right to Object Personal Data Data Subject Rights Exercise Modalities and Procedures Jan 1, 2021
DSB Austria: Restaurant contact-tracing data collected for COVID-19 qualifies as health 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 Fairness & Transparency Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Nov 19, 2020
€2.3M Carrefour France: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The French DPA (CNIL) fined Carrefour France EUR 2,250,000 for several violations of data protection regulations, including the GPDR. During its investigation, the CNIL found that… CNIL ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Personal Data Direct Marketing International Transfer Nov 18, 2020
€50,000 Centro de Investigación y Estudio para la Obesidad, SL: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Fines for the transfer of the data subject's personal data to Evo Finance EFC, SA in the course of processing a health insurance application, without a sufficient legal basis for… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Insurance Oct 9, 2020
Datatilsynet (Norway)- 20/02254 The Norwegian Consumer Council (Forbrukerrådet) filed three complaints against the gay/bi dating app Grindr and five adtech companies that received personal data through the app.… 20/02254 (Grindr) ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 57, 58 Telecommunications Supervision IP Address Sep 7, 2020
€75,000 Telefónica Móviles España, SAU: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The company had carried out the number porting of his telephone line from his current company without his consent. Personal data was transferred from the former telephone operator… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Consent Processing Jul 23, 2020
€2,890 Bank: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Due to an administrative error, the personal data of the data subject were registered and transferred to the Central Credit Information System (CCI) in connection with a loan… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Insurance Mar 26, 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 Personal Data Controllers Mar 3, 2020
€48,000 HM Hospitales: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The data subject stated that at the time of his admission to hospital he had to fill in a form containing a checkbox indicating that, if he did not tick it, he agreed to the… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 5, 6 Consent Personal Data Processing Feb 25, 2020
€3,000 Colegio Arenales Carabanchel (School): Insufficient legal basis for data processing The decision of the data protection authority states that the school transferred pictures (and therefore personal data) to third parties, who published them without legal basis. SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 6 Personal Data Public Authority Education Feb 14, 2020
€80,000 Iberdrola Clientes: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Iberdola Clientes, an electricity company, terminated the data subject's contract without its consent, concluded three new contracts with the data subject, processed his personal… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 6 Personal Data Consent International Transfer Feb 14, 2020
€75,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine preceded the complaint by the data subject, who argued that Vodafone España had signed a contract for the transfer of a telephone subscription with a third party without… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Consent Processing Feb 3, 2020
€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/GBA ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Personal Data Fairness & Transparency IP Address Dec 17, 2019
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 ·Portugal ·CNPD (PT) Controllers Legitimate Interest Personal Data Sep 3, 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 Processing 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 Controllers Personal Data Jun 3, 2019