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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 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 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 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
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
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 Jan 1, 2021
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 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 Jan 1, 2021
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 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
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
Gym owner: Data Protection Authority of Saxony The owner of a gym had apologized for the late opening of the gym, but at the same time shifted the responsibility to an employee who was named. As a result, their personal data… GERMANY ·Unknown Jan 1, 2021
Private individual: Data Protection Authority of Saxony A resident of a residential building had unlawfully made video recordings which, among other things, covered parts of the jointly used inner courtyard. GERMANY ·Unknown 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
Beverage retailer: Data Protection Authority of Berlin The DPA from Berlin imposed a fine against a beverage retailer. The retailer operated a video surveillance system in which the observation angle of the cameras extended into the… GERMANY ·Unknown Jan 1, 2021
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
Energy supplier: €12,500 fine The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 12,5000 on an energy supplier. The company had outsourced and sold its heating energy division. Customers affected by the transfer… GERMANY ·Unknown 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 Jan 1, 2021
SLOVAKIA DPA: €100 fine Unlawful video surveillance in a garden community. ·Unknown 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 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 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 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
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 Jan 1, 2021
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 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 Jan 1, 2021
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
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
Restaurant: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A restaurant had disposed of 120 completed guest registration forms for contact tracing purposes during the Covid-19 pandemic in a publicly-accessible dumpster. During its… GERMANY ·Art. 24, 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Jan 1, 2021
GERMANY DPA: Data Protection Authority of Schleswig-Holstein An employee at a Covid testing center had used a test subject's phone number to contact them privately. Unknown Jan 1, 2021
Physician: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security A physician's office had disposed of patient records in a waste paper container used by several offices. GERMANY ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security 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 Jan 1, 2021
Energy supplier: €12,500 fine The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 12,5000 on an energy supplier. The company had outsourced and sold its heating energy division. Customers affected by the transfer… GERMANY ·Unknown 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
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 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 Jan 1, 2021
GERMANY DPA: Data Protection Authority of Berlin In order to combat the Covid 19 pandemic, a cemetery had put out an open list in which visitors had to enter their contact data. A cemetery employee obtained first names, last… Unknown Jan 1, 2021
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 Jan 1, 2021
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 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 Jan 1, 2021
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 Jan 1, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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