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€84,000 Comune di Bolzano: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined the municipality of Bolzano EUR 84,000. A former employee of the municipality filed a complaint with the DPA against the municipality. In… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +2 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Social Media Healthcare May 13, 2021
€750,000 TikTok: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined the video portal TikTok EUR 750,000 for violating the privacy of young children. The information that Dutch users - mostly young children - received… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12 Minors Social Media Personal Data Apr 9, 2021
Security company (name not available at the moment): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A data controller using the services of the security company reported the breach of personal data to the DPA, arising after an employee of the security company recorded the video… CROATIA ·azop ·Art. 32 Security Controllers Processors Feb 22, 2021
€25,000 BELGIUM DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Belgian DPA fined a mobile operator EUR 25,000. The controller had assigned the data subject's phone number to an unauthorized third party, causing the data subject to lose… APD ·Art. 5, 24, 32 +2 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Security Telecommunications Social Media Jan 22, 2021
€10,000 BELGIUM DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Managing a fan page on Facebook without the data subject's permission and failing to comply with the data subject's request after exercising his or her right to object. APD ·Art. 6, 12, 21 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Right to Object Social Media Personal Data Jan 12, 2021
€100,000 Banca Transilvania SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) fined Banca Transilvania SA EUR 100,000 for violations of Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 32 (1) GDPR and Art. 32 (2) GDPR. It was found that the bank… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 5, 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Security Dec 17, 2020
€450,000 Twitter International Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Irish DPA (DPC) fined Twitter International Company EUR 450,000 for violating Art. 33 (1) GDPR and Art. 33 (5) GDPR for failing to notify the DPA in a timely manner of a data… IRELAND ·Art. 33 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Notification Obligation Data Breaches Social Media Dec 15, 2020
€12,000 Recambios Villalegre S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) fined the company for posting photos of a person on Facebook and WhatsApp and accusing the individual of theft in related posts. The photos were obtained… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6, 13 Video Surveillance Social Media Monitoring Nov 23, 2020
€600 Private Individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Between February and June 2020, a private individual published information about patients on his personal Facebook page. The information included health data in terms of Art. 4… AUSTRIA ·dsb ·Art. 5, 9 Health Data Healthcare Healthcare Oct 19, 2020
€2,000 Legal Person: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on a legal person. Despite previously assuring the complainant that their personal data had been deleted from the accused's database… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Art. 6, 17 Personal Data Social Media Processing Agreement Sep 8, 2020
€15,000 Proleasing Motors SRL: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The company had failed to take adequate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security, which led to the publication on Facebook of a document containing a password… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Security Right of Access Social Media Jul 9, 2020
€50,000 Social Media Provider: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The company has sent invitations to contacts uploaded by its users without their consent or any other legal basis. BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 6 Social Media Consent Processing May 14, 2020
€290 Representative of a local government: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A local representative took a photo of the director of a company fully owned by the local government depicting the director allegedly tearing off an election poster of the… HUNGARY ·NAIH ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Consent Public Authority Social Media Mar 4, 2020
Operator of a ballet school: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The operator of a ballet school had published photos of underage students on their website and Facebook page without the consent of the legal guardians. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6, 7 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Consent Education Social Media Jan 1, 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 Personal Data Social Media 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 Consent IP Address Dec 17, 2019
€388 Employer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A former employee of a company requested the deletion of information relating to him/her which was published on the Facebook website of the employer and which was still available… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Art. 6 Social Media IP Address Processing Jan 10, 2019
€51,000 Facebook Germany GmbH: Insufficient involvement of data protection officer Whereas Facebook Ireland had appointed a data proteciton officer for all group companies located in the EU, this appontment was not notfied to the DPA Hamburg, competent for… Art. 37 ·Insufficient involvement of data protection officer Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Social Media Jan 1, 2019