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€3,600 Federation of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities of Castilla la Mancha-FECAM: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has fined the Federation of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities of Castilla la Mancha-FECAM. The controller processed medical data from Covid-19… SPAIN · ·Art. 9, 13 Dec 2, 2022
€6,000 A.R.N.A.S. Civico: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on A.R.N.A.S. Civico. Two employees of the controller had filed a complaint with the DPA. During its investigation, the DPA found… ITALY · ·Art. 2, 5, 6 +1 Dec 1, 2022
€9,600 PIONIER (law firm): Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 9,600 on the law firm PIONIER. The law firm mainly represents victims of traffic accidents in proceedings against insurance companies and… POLAND · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Nov 30, 2022
€600,000 ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 600,000 on ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE (EDF), France's largest electricity supplier. The DPA had received several complaints that individuals… ·Art. 7, 12, 13 +3 ·Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Nov 24, 2022
€1,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000 on a private individual. Two individuals had filed a complaint with the DPA due to the fact that the controller had published… ITALY · ·Art. 2, 5, 6 +2 Nov 24, 2022
€28,000 Raiffeisen Bank SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 28,000 on Raiffeisen Bank SA. The bank had reported several data breaches pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR to the DPA. During its investigation,… ROMANIA · ·Art. 25, 32 Nov 16, 2022
€5,200 News service: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Hungarian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 5,200 on a news service. A customer had complained to the DPA about subscribing to a newsletter to receive a daily news digest, however,… HUNGARY · ·Art. 6, 7, 12 Nov 15, 2022
€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
€40,000 Azienda Usl Valle d'Aosta: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Italian DPA has fined Azienda Usl Valle d'Aosta EUR 40,000. An employee and patient of the health department had filed a complaint with the DPA because a colleague who had… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 9, 25 +1 Nov 10, 2022
€70,000 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE ESPAÑA LTD Y COMPAÑIA SRC: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 70,000 on UNITED PARCEL SERVICE ESPAÑA LTD Y COMPAÑIA SRC (UPS). A person had filed a complaint with the DPA because UPS had delivered a… SPAIN · ·Art. 5, 32 Nov 3, 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
€10,000 ACKERMANN & SCHWARTZ ATTORNEYS AT LAW SLP: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on ACKERMANN & SCHWARTZ ATTORNEYS AT LAW SLP. The law firm had collected personal data from website users without obtaining their… SPAIN · ·Art. 6, 13 Oct 26, 2022
€1.4M Douglas Italia S.p.a.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1.4 million on Douglas Italia S.p.a. for various GDPR violations. In the course of its investigation, the DPA initially found that… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Oct 20, 2022
€150 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 150 on a private individual. The individual had made unauthorized use of another person's personal data without their consent. ROMANIA · ·Art. 6 Oct 18, 2022
€24,000 CAJA DE SEGUROS REUNIDOS, COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS, S.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on CAJA DE SEGUROS REUNIDOS, COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS, S.A.. A data subject filed a complaint with the DPA. The data subject had taken… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Oct 9, 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
€1.5M Easylife Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The UK DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,547,000 on Easylife Ltd. Easylife is a retailer that sells household items as well as services and products under its health, motor,… UNITED KINGDOM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +1 Oct 4, 2022
€20,000 EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on EUROBANK ERGASIAS S.A.. In the context of the use of certain debit/credit cards, information of the last 10 transactions were… GREECE · ·Art. 13 Oct 3, 2022
€20,000 NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.. In the context of the use of certain debit/credit cards, information of the last 10 transactions… ·Art. 13 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Oct 3, 2022
€20,000 ALFA BANK S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on ALFA BANK S.A.. In the context of the use of certain debit/credit cards, information of the last 10 transactions were stored… GREECE · ·Art. 13 Oct 3, 2022
€20,000 PIRAEUS BANK S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on PIRAEUS BANK S.A.. In the context of the use of certain debit/credit cards, information of the last 10 transactions were… GREECE · ·Art. 13 Oct 3, 2022
€900 LfD (Lower Saxony) - Fine EUR 900,000 against bank A commercial bank (controller) used personal data of current and former customers (data subjects) to identify customers with an affinity for digital media usage, in order to… Germany ·Art. 6
€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
€10,000 SOPHIE ET VOILA, S.L: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on SOPHIE ET VOILA, S.L..The wedding dress company had published a picture of a customer in a wedding dress on its Instagram… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Sep 16, 2022
€80,700 Coin dealer: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 80,700 on a coin dealer. During its investigation, the DPA found that the privacy policy did not contain sufficient information about the… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +2 Sep 12, 2022
€15 Greek HDPA: Classroom video surveillance at school unlawful; oral notice insufficient A former teacher (the data subject) at a private primary school (the controller) submitted a complaint to the Greek DPA regarding a video surveillance system in the classrooms,… Greece ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Sep 9, 2022
€10,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on a private individual. The individual had published personal data of another person on a blog without their consent and in a… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Sep 1, 2022
€600,000 ACCOR SA: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The French DPA (CNIL) has imposed a fine of EUR 600,000 on ACCOR SA. Both CNIL and other European DPAS had received complaints against ACCOR from several individuals. In the… FRANCE · ·Art. 12, 13, 15 +2 Aug 19, 2022
€197,000 AMPLIFON Hungary Trade and Service Provider LLC: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 197,000 on AMPLIFON Hungary Trade and Service Provider LLC. The DPA had received complaints from several data subjects for having… ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Aug 11, 2022
€1,000 Wabag Water Services SRL: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000 on SC Wabag Water Services SRL. An employee of the company had filed a complaint with the DPA due to the fact that their employer… ROMANIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Aug 9, 2022
€900,000 Hannoversche Volksbank: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on Hannoversche Volksbank. The bank had analyzed data from active and former customers without their consent. For this… GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jul 28, 2022
Belgian DPA: Legitimate interest can justify direct marketing to recent former customers 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 ·Belgium · Jul 26, 2022
€10,000 Stay over s.r.l.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Italian DPA has fined Stay Over s.r.l. EUR 10,000. A former employee had filed a complaint with the DPA. The company had failed to respond to a request for access to personal… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +2 Jul 21, 2022
Belgian DPA: Employer unlawfully disclosed employee health data to colleagues (115/2022) During a meeting where the data subject was not present, the data subject's manager (controller) announced her departure and read out a document issued by the company doctor,… 115/2022 ·Belgium · Jul 19, 2022
€1,500 Physician: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,500 on a physician. A patient had asked the doctor to send her complete medical records, such as imaging records as well as consent… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 Jul 8, 2022
€45,000 Senseonics Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on Senseonics Inc. The company had reported a data breach to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR, involving an employee accidentally… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Jul 7, 2022
Italy Garante: TikTok switch to legitimate interest for personalized ads violates 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
€3,000 FLY FUT, S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine against FLY FUT, S.L., a company specialized in drone footage at soccer matches in the amount of EUR 3,000. A father had filed a complaint with… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Jun 28, 2022
€2,000 Parliamentary election candidate: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on a parliamentary election candidate. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA because of receiving unsolicited election… GREECE · ·Art. 11, 12 Jun 24, 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 Belgian DPA: Roularta Media Group violated cookie consent rules 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… Belgium · ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +3 May 25, 2022
€42,000 Alquiler Seguro SA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 42,000 on Alquiler Seguro SA. The company had advertised a job for which the data subject had applied. As part of the application… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 24, 2022
€12,000 Comune di Napoli Corpo di Polizia Municipale: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has fined the police authority 'Comune di Napoli Corpo di Polizia Municipale' EUR 12,000. The police authority had sent a list of names, addresses, tax numbers,… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 88 +1 May 22, 2022
€2,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has fined a private individual operating three websites EUR 2,000. During its investigation, the DPA found that all three websites lacked a field for giving… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 20, 2022
€2,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on a private individual. The individual had taken photos of a group of minors as well as police officers without their consent and… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 20, 2022
€2,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on a private individual. The individual had shared a video on WhatsApp showing images of a violent attack on the data subject… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 12, 2022
€5,000 MISTORE CANARIAS, S.L.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on MISTORE CANARIAS, S.L.. A person who had made a purchase from the company had filed a complaint against the company with… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 May 3, 2022
€16,000 LABORATORIOS GONZÁLEZ, S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has fined LABORATORIOS GONZÁLEZ, S.L.. The laboratory had sent the results of a Covid-19 test that the data subject had taken not only to them but also to… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Apr 29, 2022