Content type · 2,650 documents in this view · 3,837 in total
Enforcement
Regulatory actions, fines, warnings, and enforcement decisions
Filtering by Topic Clear filter Supervisory Authorities 3612 Processing 2650 Personal Data 2425 Controllers 2036 Processing Agreement 1116 Security 1022 Supervision 865 Healthcare 623 Public Authority 573 Law Enforcement 572 Monitoring 551 Consent 509
€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 · ·Art. 5, 6, 21 Jun 26, 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… ·Art. 5, 6, 17 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jun 26, 2019
€15,150 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The data controller did not fulfil its data breach notification obligations when a flash memory with personal data was lost. ·Art. 33 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations Jun 25, 2019
€20,000 Employer UNIONTRAD COMPANY: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Between 2013 and 2017, the CNIL received complaints from several employees of the company who were filmed at their workstation. On two occasions, it alerted the company to the… FRANCE · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +1 Jun 13, 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 · ·Art. 5, 6 Jun 3, 2019
€2,000 Mayor: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The administrative fine was imposed for the misuse of personal data by a mayor for campaign purposes. BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6 May 28, 2019
€92,146 Organizer of SZIGET festival and VOLT festival: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The NAIH found that there were inappropriate legal bases is use and that the controller did not comply with the principle of purpose limitation. Also, information on the data… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6, 13 May 23, 2019
€1,400 Police Officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The police officer, using his official user ID but without reference to official duties, queried the owner data concerning the license plate of a person who he did not know well… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing May 9, 2019
€12,950 Sports association: Insufficient legal basis for data processing One sports association published personal data referring to judges who were granted judicial licenses online. However, not only their names were provided, but also their exact… POLAND · ·Art. 6 Apr 25, 2019
€50,000 Italian political party Movimento 5 Stelle: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A number of websites affiliated to the Italian political party Movimento 5 Stelle are run, by means of a data processor, through the platform named Rousseau. The platform had… ITALY · ·Art. 32 Apr 17, 2019
€9,400 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A data controller used a, in the point of view of NAIH, wrong legal basis for processing of personal data (Art. 6.1.b) for the assignment of claims. ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Apr 17, 2019
€510 Medical centers: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The sanction of 510 EUR was imposed on each medical center for unlawful processing of the personal data of data subject G.B. by a medical centre for the purpose of changing his… BULGARIA · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Apr 8, 2019
€1,900 HUNGARY DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The data controller did not fulfil the data subject's access request. ·Art. 15 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Apr 5, 2019
€220,000 Private company working with data from publicly available sources: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The fine concerned the proceedings related to the activity of a company which processed the data subjects’ data obtained from publicly available sources, inter alia from the… POLAND · ·Art. 14 Mar 26, 2019
€5,100 A.P. EOOD: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The sanction was imposed on personal data administrator A.P. EOOD for unlawful processing of personal data. The personal data of data subject D.D. was used by A.P. EOOD for… BULGARIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Mar 26, 2019
€10,000 CZECH REPUBLIC DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Data was not only processed if adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed ('data minimisation') and not only kept… ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Mar 21, 2019
€50,000 N26: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was imposed against against a bank (according to a newspaper N26) that had processed 'personal data of all former customers' without permission.The Bank has acknowledged… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Mar 1, 2019
€3,200 Mayor's Office of the city of Kecdkemét: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was imposed on the Mayor’s Office of the city of Kecskemét for unlawful disclosure of the personal information of a whistleblower.NAIH imposed the fine after an employee… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6 Feb 28, 2019
€582 CZECH REPUBLIC DPA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data was not processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental… ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Feb 28, 2019
€27,100 Telecommunication service provider: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Repeated registration of prepaid services without the knowledge and consent of the data subject Employees of the telecommunications provider have used personal data and registered… BULGARIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Feb 26, 2019
€1,560 Debt collector: Non-compliance with general data processing principles A data subject requested information about and erasure of the data processed, which the debt collector refused stating that it could not identify the subject. For identification… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5 Feb 20, 2019
€1,560 Bank: Non-compliance with general data processing principles A bank mistakenly sent SMS messages about a subject's credit card debt to the telephone number of another person. After receiving an incorrect telephone number from the client at… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5 Feb 8, 2019
€2,500 Private person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was impossed against a private person who sent several e-mails between July and September 2018, in which he used personal e-mail addresses visible to all recipients, from… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Feb 5, 2019
€1,165 Credit brokerage: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data was not processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 32 Feb 4, 2019
€50M Google LLC: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was imposed on the basis of complaints from the Austrian organisation 'None Of Your Business' and the French NGO 'La Quadrature du Net'. The complaints were filed on 25th… FRANCE · ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +1 Jan 21, 2019
€500 Bank: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A bank gained personal data concernign a student wihtout a legal basis. BULGARIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Jan 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 · ·Art. 6 Jan 10, 2019
€3,600 AMADOR RECREATIVOS, S.L: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Surveillance of the public space by video surveillance cameras against violation of the principles of data minimisation. SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
€10,000 Newspaper: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The publication of the newspaper, both in hard copy and in electronic form, allegedly involved inconvenience, unnecessary and unlawful detention of a citizen, and revealed the… CYPRUS · ·Art. 6 Jan 1, 2019
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Eight fines between EUR 50 and EUR 800 for unlawful use of a dashcam. Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2019
€50,000 Unknown Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The data controller had engaged an external company to carry out the duties of access to data according to Art. 15 GDPR. However, the engaged company conducted the correspondence… GERMANY ·Art. 15, 28 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Jan 1, 2019
€800 Police Officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer used a witness's personal data to contact her personally. GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2019
€14,000 Doctor: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A patient complained to the Commissioner that the request for access to her medical file was not satisfied by the hospital because the dossier could not be identified/located by… CYPRUS · ·Art. 5, 6 Jan 1, 2019
€36,000 VODAFONE ONO, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The company sent a marketing email to a large number of recipients (clients) without using the blind copy feature. The initial fine of EUR 60.000 was reduced to EUR 36.000. SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
€294,000 GERMANY DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles A company was fined EUR 294 000 for 'unnecessarily long' storage and retention of personnel files and for 'excessive' data collection in the personnel selection process, during… Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 2019
€20,000 Employer: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video surveillance cameras have not only been used to protect property, but have also monitored employees (violation of principle of data minimisation). SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
€40,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The company had charged a Netflix service that had not been solicited by the claimant. The claimant could prove that the service had been used by another household which allegedly… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jan 1, 2019
€9,000 Employer: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video surveillance cameras have not only been used to protect property, but have also monitored employees (violation of principle of data minimisation). SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Nine fines between EUR 350 and EUR 1,000 for unlawful use of a dashcam. Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2019
€21,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Vodafone had processed personal data of the claimant (bank details, name, surname and national identification number) years after the contractual relationsid had ended. The fine… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jan 1, 2019
€48,000 TELEFONICA MOVILES ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The claimant's bank account was charged by the company with two invoices for the services he had contracted, however, displaying personal data of another customer. The initial… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
€2,000 Restaurant: Non-compliance with general data processing principles Video surveillance cameras have been used in violation of principle of data minimisation (monitoring also of customer areas in restaurants). GERMANY ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 2019
€160,000 Taxa 4x35: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Danish DPA reported the taxi company to the police and recommended a fine (of 1.2M DKK) for non-adherence to the data-minimization principle. While the company deleted the… DENMARK · ·Art. 5 Jan 1, 2019
€500 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights A data controller failed to comply with data subject´s request to access their personal data. Art. 15 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Jan 1, 2019
€2,200 Private person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The fine was imposed against a private person who was using CCTV at his home. The video surveillance covered areas which are intended for the general use of the residents of the… AUSTRIA · ·Art. 5, 6, 13 Dec 20, 2018
€5,000 Kolibri Image
Regina und Dirk Maass GbR: Insufficient data processing agreement Please note: According to our information this fine has been withdrawn in the meantime. Kolibri Image had send a request to the Data Protection Authority of Hessen asking how to… GERMANY · ·Art. 28 Dec 17, 2018
€500 Bank: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A fine of 1000 BGN (or roughly 500 EUR) was imposed on a bank for calling a client for the unresolved bills of his neighbor. This provoked the client to evoke his right to be… BULGARIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 4, 2018
€300 Private car owner: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A Dashcam was unlawfully used. AUSTRIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Sep 27, 2018
€1,800 Kebab restaurant: Insufficient legal basis for data processing CCTV was unlawfully used. Sufficient information about the video surveillance was missing. In addition, the storage period of 14 days was too long and therefore against the… AUSTRIA · ·Art. 5, 13, 14 Jan 1, 2018
Norwegian DPA: Legelisten.no may process healthcare reviews without prior consent 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 ·Norway · Nov 8, 2017