Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) · 25 May 2022
Roularta Media Group
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€50,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
- Decided
- 25 May 2022
- Country
- Belgium
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2022/BE/004
What happened
The Belgian DPA fined a large media company €50,000 for not obtaining prior consent to place cookies and for violating the principles of accountability and storage limitation.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(1)(e) · 5(2)Read →
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1)(a)Read →
- 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 →
- Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 24Responsibility of the controllerRead →
- Accountability
- Data principles
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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