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€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
€38,600 NORWAY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) fined a company NOK 400,000 (EUR 38,600) for the illegal automatic forwarding of an employee's email inbox. The automatic forwarding was activated… Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Employees Processing Agreement Processing Jan 12, 2021
€10M notebooksbilliger.de: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Lower Saxony (LfD Niedersachsen) imposed a fine of EUR 10,4 million on the electronics retailer notebooksbilliger.de.The company had video-monitored its employees for… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Video Surveillance Monitoring Employees Jan 8, 2021
€7,250 Gveik AS: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) fined Gveik AS EUR 7,250. The controller had carried out a credit check on an individual, although there was no legal basis for doing so. NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Insurance Processing Jan 7, 2021
€9,700 Lindstrand Trading AS: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) has fined Lindstrand Trading AS EUR 9,700. The controller had carried out four credit checks on individuals and individual companies, although… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Insurance Processing Agreement Jan 6, 2021
€20,000 Nestor SAS: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The French DPA (CNIL) fined the company Nestor EUR 20,000. The CNIL notes that the privacy policy provided during the registration process on the company´s website did not contain… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 12, 13 Controllers Processing Agreement Processing Jan 5, 2021
€95,500 Innovasjon Norge: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) fined the national development bank Innovasjon Norge NOK 1,000,000 (EUR 95,500). The controller had carried out four credit checks on the data… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Insurance Personal Data Jan 4, 2021
€54,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The data subject had concluded a contract with the controller (Vodafone España, S.A.U.). However, the products provided under this contract were not delivered in the name of the… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5 Accuracy Controllers Telecommunications Jan 4, 2021
€118,500 CZECH REPUBLIC DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA (UOOU) fined 11 companies a total of EUR 118,500 for sending unrequested postal advertising messages to the mailboxes of various citizens. Based on a decision by the… UOOU ·Art. 6, 14 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Direct Marketing Processing Agreement Personal Data Jan 4, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer had queried the new partner of a friend's ex-wife because he feared that… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
Bank employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing An employee of a bank had regularly accessed the bank account data of a bank customer for private purposes over a period of about a year. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Insurance Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
€500 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about a colleague. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
€40,000 SLOVAKIA DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Slovak DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 40,000 on a controller. The controller had violated the principle of accountability (lack of proof that a data protection impact… Slovak Data Protection Office ·Art. 5, 28 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles DPIA Controllers Accountability Jan 1, 2021
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a four-digit fine on a doctor of child and adolescent psychotherapy. The doctor had set up a Whatsgroup with 230 participants to communicate… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Healthcare Consent IP Address Jan 1, 2021
Medical clinic: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Berlin has imposed a fine on a medical clinic. The clinic had installed 21 cameras in its premises for the purpose of protection against crime and property damage.… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Video Surveillance Healthcare Healthcare Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer used a witness's personal data to contact her personally. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
€10,100 Car trading group: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 10,110 on a car trading group. The company had informed the customer base that the reasons for the restructuring there was the absence… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Healthcare Health Data Processing Agreement Jan 1, 2021
Police department: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had unlawfully disclosed personal data of a drunk driving incident to the offender's mother during a chance encounter. He thought that the mother, as his… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Public Authority Education Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer accused in a criminal case intended to use the information from the… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Nineteen fines between EUR 100 and EUR 1,000 for unlawful use of a dashcam. GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Fines Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
€600 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about his ex-wife's new address. He discovered where his… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer queried his stepson's investigative process in order to prepare him for… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
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 Employees Human Resources Processing Agreement Jan 1, 2021
Police department: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer queried the investigation process of a friend against the background of a… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Public Authority Education Public Sector Jan 1, 2021
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a three-digit fine on a company employee. The employee had forwarded application documents received by his employer from his work e-mail address… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Anonymization Processing Processing Agreement Jan 1, 2021
Police department: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had unlawfully accessed data in a police database. For this reason, the DPA of Brandenburg imposed a fine for a violation of § 32 (1) BbgDSG. The Brandenburg Data… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Public Authority Processing Agreement Public Sector Jan 1, 2021
Private individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles A private individual had installed video surveillance cameras which, among other things, also covered the public space GERMANY ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video Surveillance Monitoring IP Address Jan 1, 2021
€170 Restaurant: Non-compliance with general data processing principles In order to identify a guest who had not paid, several visitors were contacted by employees of a restaurant. For this purpose, the telephone numbers provided by the guests as part… GERMANY ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles IP Address Healthcare Processing Agreement Jan 1, 2021
€5,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on a private individual. The individual had filmed numerous young women in public. Some of the recorded female persons were… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Consent Processing Jan 1, 2021
€400 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes. The officer had purchased a notebook for private use on an Internet platform. Since the… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Scientific Research Processing Jan 1, 2021
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in social database systems and in the civil register for private research purposes. The employee wanted to prove that two of her colleagues… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing IP Address Scientific Research Processing Jan 1, 2021
Real estate agent: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a fine on a real estate agent. The real estate agent had contacted an individual and offered him to sell a property he owned. Since the… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 12 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Personal Data Data Subject Rights Exercise Modalities and Procedures Processing Jan 1, 2021
€16,000 Electronics store: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA from Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of EUR 16,000 on an electronics store. The company had installed a video surveillance system which permanently recorded employees,… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 17, 35 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video Surveillance DPIA Monitoring Jan 1, 2021
€600 Private individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Austrian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 600 on a private individual. The individual had contacted a public institution to draw their attention to the fact that the statement of a… AUSTRIA ·dsb ·Art. 5, 9 Personal Data Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Healthcare Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer repeatedly had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in social database systems and in the civil register for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
€1,800 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer repeatedly had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Scientific Research Processing Supervisory Authorities Jan 1, 2021
Physician: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg imposed a fine on a physician. The father of a minor patient had filed a complaint with the DPA because the physician had transmitted numerous data on his… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Insurance Healthcare Healthcare Jan 1, 2021
Clinic: Insufficient involvement of data protection officer The DPA from Berlin has imposed a fine on a clinic. The clinic had appointed the clinic manager, who was also a shareholder of the clinic, as the data protection officer. A data… GERMANY ·Insufficient involvement of data protection officer Notified Body Responsibilities and Operational Obligations Supervisory Authorities Notified Body Independence Jan 1, 2021
Private individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Austrian DPA has fined a private individual. The individual had installed a video surveillance system which, among other things, also recorded the public space and stored the… AUSTRIA ·dsb ·Art. 5 Video Surveillance IP Address Monitoring Jan 1, 2021
Attorney: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA from Berlin has imposed a fine on an attorney. The attorney had been in dispute with a client for several years over a monetary claim. For two years, he published the… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Insurance Personal Data Processing Jan 1, 2021
€3,000 ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam - Bucharest office: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) fined ING Bank N.V. Amsterdam - Bucharest office in the amount of EUR 3,000. The bank had contacted the data subject by e-mail for the purpose of… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 5, 6 Controllers Personal Data IP Address Dec 30, 2020
€1,000 Qualitance QBS SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) fined Qualitance QBS SA EUR 1,000 for a violation of Art. 32 GDPR. The company had sent information by email to 295 individuals, disclosing the email… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Professional Secrecy Dec 29, 2020
€18,930 Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji WARTA S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Polish DPA (UODO) fined Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń i Reasekuracji WARTA S.A. EUR 18,930 for a breach of Art. 33 (1) GDPR and Art. 34 (1) GDPR. In May 2020, the DPA received a… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 33, 34 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Dec 28, 2020
€50,000 BELGIUM DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Belgian DPA (APD) imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on a company for several violations of the GDPR. The controller is a company that carries out parking ticket controls. The… APD ·Art. 5, 12, 14 +2 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Personal Data IP Address Controllers Dec 23, 2020
€15,000 BELGIUM DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Belgian DPA (APD) imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on a company due to insufficient fulfilment of data subject rights. The controller is a debt collection agency which was… APD ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Personal Data Data Subject Rights Exercise Modalities and Procedures Controllers Dec 23, 2020
€2,000 S.C. C&V Water Control S.A.: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) fined S.C. C&V Water Control S.A. EUR 2,000 for failure to comply with the data protection authority's request for information in the course of an… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 58 Supervisory Authorities Supervision Processing Agreement Dec 22, 2020
€36,000 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA (AEPD) fined the financial and credit institution Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) with a fine in the amount of EUR 36,000. The BBVA asked the data… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5 Personal Data Controllers Insurance Dec 21, 2020
€525,000 Locatefamily.com: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch DPA (AP) has imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on Locatefamily.com. Locatefamily.com is a platform where people can search for the contact information of family members they… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 27 Representatives IP Address Telecommunications Dec 20, 2020
€8,100 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,100 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Art. 6, 14 Direct Marketing Processing Agreement Processing Dec 18, 2020