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LfD (Lower Saxony) · 17 May 2023

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About: Unlawful processing

FineNo fineViolation found
Regulator
LfD (Lower Saxony)
Decided
17 May 2023
Country
Germany
Sector
Not given
Regulator’s reference
4.2 05475-02-0301/21
Fino case number
2023/DE/037
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What happened

A German DPA found that a "pay-or-okay" system on the main webpage of a media outlet is, in principle, permissible. However, in the case at hand the legal requirements for obtaining consent were not fulfilled.

Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

  • Unlawful processing

Sources

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