Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) · 5 May 2021
Disqus Inc.
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
- Regulator
- Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet)
- Decided
- 5 May 2021
- Country
- Norway
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2021/NO/016
What happened
The Norwegian DPA published a draft decision notifying Disqus that it will be fined approximately €2.5 million (NOK 25 000 000) for unlawfully processing personal data for programmatic advertising purposes. In addition, the DPA found that Disqus breached transparency and information requirements by not providing data subjects with adequate information about the company's tracking, profiling and disclosure of personal data.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processingRead →
- Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subjectRead →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subjectRead →
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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