Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) · 3 August 2021
Vodafone España, S.A.U.
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€96,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD)
- Decided
- 3 August 2021
- Country
- Spain
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2021/ES/078
What happened
The Spanish DPA fined Vodafone €120,000 (reduced to €96,000) for processing personal data without a legal basis, since they did not prevent a third party from fraudulently using someone's personal data to contract its service, and for not complying with the right to erasure.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Data subject rights
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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