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€500,000 Vodafone Italia S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 500,000 on Vodafone Italia S.p.A.. A customer had filed a complaint with the DPA against Vodafone. The 80-year-old customer had been… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +3 Nov 10, 2022
€400 Legal Person: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 400 on a legal person. The accused did not provide access to information about the purpose of the processing, the storage period, the… CZECH REPUBLIC · ·Art. 15 Nov 9, 2022
€5,000 SC Prestige Media PHG SRL: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on SC Prestige Media PHG SRL. The controller had published 23 documents containing information on the termination of employment… ROMANIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Nov 8, 2022
€75,000 Burwebs S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined Burwebs S.L. EUR 75,000. Burwebs operates websites with adult content. During its investigation, the DPA found that Burwebs did not process users' data… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Nov 3, 2022
€525,000 TECHPUMP SOLUTIONS S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined Techpump Solutions S.L. EUR 525,000. Techpump operates several websites with adult content. The DPA found several violations of data protection law… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 6, 8 +5 Oct 31, 2022
€56,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on Vodafone España, S.A.U.. A person had filed a complaint with the DPA for having unsuccessfully requested a copy of their phone contract from… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 32 Oct 31, 2022
€8,000 ADSL HOUSE, S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine of EUR 8,000 on ADSL HOUSE, S.L.. The data subject had received advertising calls from the controller, although the data subject was… SPAIN · ·Art. 21, 23, 48 Oct 24, 2022
€2M Alpha Exploration: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2 million on Alpha Exploration. Alpha Exploration operates the social network Clubhouse. In the course of its investigation, the DPA… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +7 Oct 6, 2022
€31,200 BAYARD REVISTAS, S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on Bayard Revistas S.A.. Unauthorized persons had accessed the Bayard database and thus unauthorizedly siphoned off location and contact data of… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 32, 33 Sep 28, 2022
€26,700 TV2 Média Csoport Zrt.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA has fined TV2 Média Csoport Zrt. EUR 26,700. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had operated two websites without providing… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 Sep 26, 2022
€5,000 Curtea Veche Publishing SRL: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on Curtea Veche Publishing SRL. The controller had reported two data breaches to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. In the first… ROMANIA · ·Art. 32 Sep 21, 2022
€8,000 Realmedia Network SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has fined Realmedia Network SA EUR 8,000. The company had suffered security breaches on a website it operates. This allowed it to leak and access unauthorized… ROMANIA · ·Art. 32 Sep 8, 2022
€405M Meta Platforms, Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 405,000,000 on Meta Platforms, Inc. (Instagram). Following the investigation, the DPC submitted a draft decision under Art. 60 GDPR… IRELAND ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +3 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Sep 5, 2022
€5,600 SOLIVESA MASTER FRANCHISE S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine of EUR 5,600 on SOLIVESA MASTER FRANCHISE S.L.. The data subject had received an advertising call from the controller made on behalf of… SPAIN · ·Art. 28, 48 Aug 28, 2022
€15,000 TELEFÓNICA MÓVILES ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A former customer had received e-mails containing electronic bills even after they had terminated their contract with the company resulting in a processing of personal data… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jul 26, 2022
APD/GBA (Belgium) - 117/2022 The data subject was a former customer of the controller (which remained unknown). The data subject received direct marketing from the controller. The data subject objected to the… 117/2022 ·Art. 6, 12, 15 +1 Jul 26, 2022
€40,000 ESVETEL, S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine of EUR 40,000 on ESVETEL, S.L.. The data subject had received an advertising call from the controller made on behalf of Vodafone España,… SPAIN · ·Art. 28, 48 Jul 22, 2022
€285,000 Telecommunications company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Croatian DPA has fined a telecommunications company EUR 285,000. The company had suffered a data breach. Attackers had managed to access data from about 100,000 data subjects.… CROATIA · ·Art. 25, 32 Jul 21, 2022
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 9788429 Social media platform TikTok (the controller) provided personalized advertising to its users (the data subjects) on the legal basis of consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). In June… 9788429 ·Art. 5, 6, 122 Jul 7, 2022
€56,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine on Vodafone España, S.A.U. due to insufficient legal basis for data processing. The data subject stated that, unauthorized third parties had… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jul 6, 2022
€30,000 RADIO TELEVISION MADRID, S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on RADIO TELEVISION MADRID, S.A.. Several media outlets, including the controller had published an audio recording of a multiple rape victim's… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jun 23, 2022
€30,000 CORPORACIÓN DE RADIO Y TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on CORPORACIÓN DE RADIO Y TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA S.A. Several media outlets, including the controller had published an audio recording of a… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Jun 23, 2022
€134,000 Gyldendal A/S: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Danish DPA has fined publisher Gyldendal A/S EUR 134,000. During its investigation, the DPA found that the company had kept the data of approximately 685,000 unsubscribed… DENMARK · ·Art. 5 Jun 22, 2022
€2,000 WIND Ελλάς Τηλεπικοινωνίες ΑΕΒΕ: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Hellenic DPA has fined WIND Ελλάς Τηλεπικοινωνίες ΑΕΒΕ EUR 2,000. A customer of the company had sent an email requesting access to the footage recorded by the store's cameras… GREECE · ·Art. 15 Jun 20, 2022
SA Rossel & Cie: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Original fine summary: The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on the media company SA Rossel & Cie. During its investigation, the DPA found GDPR violations on three… BELGIUM · ·Art. 6, 7, 12 +2 Jun 16, 2022
€50,000 Roularta Media Group: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on Roularta Media Group. As part of its investigation, the DPA found that the cookie management on two websites operated by… BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 May 25, 2022
€50 APD/GBA (Belgium) - 85/2022 On 16 January 2019, the Executive-committee of the Belgian DPA (GBA) started an investigation on the use of cookies on Belgian media websites. The controller in this case is… Art. 4, 5, 6 +3 May 25, 2022
€10M Google LLC: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 10 million on GOOGLE LLC. Two data subjects had complained to the DPA that Google had disclosed their personal data to third… SPAIN · ·Art. 6, 17 May 18, 2022
€42,000 Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine on Vodafone España S.A.U.. A data subjects had filed a complaint with the AEPD against the controller. The data subject complained about… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 17, 2022
HDPA (Greece) - 21/2023 Following a complaint lodged by the applicant against two telecommunications providers for violation of communication security and privacy and his right to the protection of his… 21/2023 May 17, 2022
€85,000 Otavamedia Oy: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Finnish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 85,000 on Otavamedia Oy. The DPA had received eleven complaints regarding Otavamedia between 2018 and 2021. Namely, the complaints… FINLAND · ·Art. 5, 12, 15 +2 May 9, 2022
€8,300 Telemarketing company: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Finnish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 8,300 on a telemarketing company for non-compliance with a DPA order. A customer of the company had requested access to the recording of… FINLAND · ·Art. 58 Apr 29, 2022
€20,000 Nos s.r.l.s.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA fined Nos s.r.l.s. in the amount EUR 20,000. Nos acted as a processor for Vodafone and did advertising for the telecommunications company. For this purpose, Nos… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +2 Apr 28, 2022
€40,000 Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.a.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Italian DPA has fined the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.a. EUR 40,000. The newspaper had published an article on the recognition by the Italian authorities of a U.S. judge's… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 9, 12 Apr 28, 2022
€15,000 MEDEROS MOVITEN, S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on MEDEROS MOVITEN, S.L.. The data subject had signed a mobile service contract with the company. However, the company also… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Apr 28, 2022
€17M Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 17 million on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (former Facebook Ireland Limited). The decision is based on twelve notifications of data… Art. 5, 24 Mar 15, 2022
€10,000 Εκδοτικού Οίκου Δίας: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on the publisher Εκδοτικού Οίκου Δίας. A public figure had filed a complaint with the DPA. The publisher had published incorrect… CYPRUS ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Feb 4, 2022
IAB Europe: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 250,000 on IAB Europe. The DPA had received several complaints against IAB Europe since 2019. In the context of this complaint, the… BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +8 Feb 2, 2022
€700,000 Orange Espagne S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined Orange Espagne S.A.U. EUR 700,000. Two Orange Espagne customers had filed complaints with the DPA. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Feb 1, 2022
€3.9M Vodafone España, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined Vodafone España, S.A.U. EUR 3.94 million. Nine Vodafone customers had filed complaints with the DPA. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Feb 1, 2022
€200,000 XFERA MÓVILES, S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined XFERA MÓVILES, S.A. EUR 200,000. Two Xfera customers had filed complaints with the DPA. In the course of its investigation, the DPA found that fraudsters… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Feb 1, 2022
€900,000 TELEFÓNICA MÓVILES ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined TELEFÓNICA MÓVILES ESPAÑA, S.A.U. EUR 900,000. Four Telefónica customers had filed complaints with the DPA. In the course of its investigation, the DPA… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Feb 1, 2022
€70,000 ORANGE ESPAÑA VIRTUAL, S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined ORANGE ESPAÑA VIRTUAL, S.L. EUR 70,000. Two Orange España Virtual customers had filed complaints with the DPA. In the course of its investigation, the… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Feb 1, 2022
€6M Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6 million on Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A.. Cosmote had reported a data breach to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. A hacker… GREECE · ·Art. 5, 13, 14 +4 Jan 27, 2022
€3.2M OTE Group: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3.2 million on Cosmote subsidiary OTE Group. Among other things, OTE Group had contributed to Cosmote's security infrastructure. Cosmote… GREECE · ·Art. 32 Jan 27, 2022
BfDI (Germany) - 24-191 II The data subject is a customer and user of services by the Deutsche Telekom AG (controller), the biggest telecommunications and internet provider in Europe. The data subject… 24-191 II#4781 ·Art. 15, 20, 95 Jan 27, 2022
Belgian DPA rules on competence in cross-border cookie consent complaint involving The respondent owns a website 'YourOnlineChoices', through which data subjects can control their ad experience online. When browsing the web and visiting different websites, they… 11/2022 ·Belgium · Jan 21, 2022
€56,000 VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine on VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.U. due to insufficient legal basis for data processing. The data subject states that two telephone connections were… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jan 18, 2022
€525,000 DPG Media Magazines B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on DPG Media Magazines B.V. The DPA had received several complaints regarding the way the controller handled requests from… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 12 Jan 14, 2022
EDPS - 2020-1013 In January 2021, noyb filed a complaint against the European Parliament on behalf of six Members of the European Parliament over an internal coronavirus testing website. The… 2020-1013 ·European Union ·Art. 6, 13 Jan 5, 2022