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Regulatory actions, fines, warnings, and enforcement decisions
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€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 Jan 1, 2021
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Live video surveillance which was accessible via the Internet and, due to a lack of sufficient pixelation or redaction, allowed persons to be recognized. Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2021
€100 SLOVAKIA DPA: €100 fine Unlawful video surveillance in a garden community. ·Unknown 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 Jan 1, 2021
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The camera images of a store were distributed without the knowledge and intention of the controller due to a faulty configuration. The distribution involved recordings of… Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security 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 · ·Art. 5 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 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 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 Jan 1, 2021
€500 SLOVAKIA DPA: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Slovak DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 500 on a controller for failing to cooperate with the DPA. ·Art. 31 ·Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Jan 1, 2021
Company: Data Protection Authority of Brandenburg The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a fine on a company. An individual had filed a complaint with the DPA based on the fact that the company produced a video recording in which the… GERMANY ·Unknown Jan 1, 2021
€4M Bank: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Original fine summary: The Austrian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4,000,000 on a credit institution. The controller had stored an Excel file containing personal data, such as… AUSTRIA · ·Art. 5, 32 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 Jan 1, 2021
GERMANY DPA: Data Protection Authority of Berlin In order to combat the Covid 19 pandemic, a restaurant had put out an open list in which visitors had to enter their contact data. A restaurant employee obtained first names, last… Unknown 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… ·Art. 5, 28 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles 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 · ·Art. 5, 6 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 · ·Art. 32 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 · ·Art. 33, 34 Dec 28, 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… ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Dec 23, 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… ·Art. 5, 12, 14 +2 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights 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 · ·Art. 58 Dec 22, 2020
€6,000 Iberdrola Clientes, SAU: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Spanish DPA (AEPD) fined Iberdrola Clientes, SAU EUR 6,000. The data subject had received promotional calls from two different telephone numbers of the controller although the… SPAIN · ·Art. 21, 23, 48 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 · ·Art. 5 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 · ·Art. 27 Dec 20, 2020
€200 Legal Person: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 200 on a legal person. The accused sent the data subject, despite his objection and therefore his disagreement with further processing of… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 17 Dec 18, 2020
€11,430 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 11,430 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€8,800 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,800 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€8,800 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,800 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€9,420 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€10,070 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€26,710 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 11,430 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€8,340 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€11,830 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€11,430 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€12,910 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,340 on a legal person. During the state of emergency (COVID-19 pandemic), the accused sent unsolicited marketing communications for a… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 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 · ·Art. 6, 14 Dec 18, 2020
€235,300 ID Finance Poland Sp. z o.o.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA (UODO) imposed a fine of EUR 235,300 on ID Finance Poland Sp. z o.o. Due to an error while restarting a server, the settings of the software responsible for the… ·Art. 5, 25, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 17, 2020
€10,000 Comune di Luino: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on the municipality of Luino. The controller had published a document containing personal data of a local council member. In… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 37 Dec 17, 2020
€6,000 Doctor: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a doctor EUR 6,000 for violations of Art. 32 GDPR and Art. 33 GDPR. The controller had stored medical image data such as MRI and X-ray images as well… FRANCE · ·Art. 32, 33 Dec 17, 2020
€500,000 Roma Capitale (Rome Municipality): Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) fined the municipality of Rome EUR 500,000 for the unlawful processing of users' and employees' personal data. The municipality of Rome had been using… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 13, 14 +2 Dec 17, 2020
€40,000 Miropass S.r.l.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA (Garante) fined Miropass S.r.l. EUR 40,000. Miropass is the provider of the TuPassi booking system, which among others has been used by the Municipality of Rome… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +1 Dec 17, 2020
€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 · ·Art. 5, 32 Dec 17, 2020
€3,000 Doctor: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) fined a doctor EUR 3,000 for violations of Art. 32 GDPR and Art. 33 GDPR. The controller had stored medical image data as MRI and X-ray images as well as… FRANCE · ·Art. 32, 33 Dec 17, 2020
€2,000 Ordine degli Assistenti Sociali della Regione Lazio: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Italian DPA (Garante) has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on Ordine degli Assistenti Sociali della Regione Lazio. On November 27, 2019, a data subject had sent an email to the… ITALY · ·Art. 12 Dec 17, 2020
€70,000 University College Dublin: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Irish DPA (DPC) fined University College Dublin (UCD) EUR 70,000 due to seven personal data breaches. Unauthorized third parties were able to access UCD e-mail accounts, and… IRELAND ·Art. 5, 32, 33 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Dec 17, 2020
€4,000 Comune di Santo Stefano Belbo: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 4,000 on the municipality of Santo Stefano Belbo. The reason for this was that the controller had published two documents on a… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 17, 2020
€100,000 Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Toscana Sud Est: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est. The controller is a company in the healthcare sector that, among other things, launched the… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 13, 14 +4 Dec 17, 2020
€55,400 Robinson Tours Ltd. (Robinson Tours Idegenforgalmi és Szolgáltató Kft.): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) imposed a fine of HUF 20,500,000 (EUR 55,400) on Robinson Tours Idegenforgalmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (Robinson Tours Ltd.) The travel agent's reservation… HUNGARY · ·Art. 25, 32, 34 Dec 16, 2020
€97,150 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) imposed a fine of EUR 97,150 against a credit institute. Two parents contacted the Hungarian DPA regarding the processing of personal data by their credit… ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +1 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Dec 16, 2020
€1,385 Next Time Media Agency Ltd. (Next Time Media Ügynökség Kft.): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) imposed a fine of HUF 50,000 (EUR 1,385) on Next Time Media Ügynökség Kft. (Next Time Media Agency Ltd.). The web agency had been contracted by the travel… HUNGARY · ·Art. 32 Dec 16, 2020