Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) · 14 May 2020
Social Media Provider
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€50,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
- Decided
- 14 May 2020
- Country
- Belgium
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2020/BE/012
What happened
The litigation chamber concluded that the "invite a friend" function of a social media platform violates the GDPR since consent from the users was not collected.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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