UOOU (Czech Republic) · 10 April 2024
Avast Software, s.r.o.
About: Data principles, Transparency, Unlawful processing
FineCZK351,000,000≈ €13,800,000Violation found
- Regulator
- UOOU (Czech Republic)
- Decided
- 10 April 2024
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Sector
- Not given
- Regulator’s reference
- UOOU-01025/20-121
- Fino case number
- 2024/CZ/002
What happened
Cybersecurity and antivirus company Avast was fined €13.7 million - the highest fine ever imposed by the Czech DPA. The company failed to anonymize browsing data of more than 100 million users before sharing it with third parties for market analysis purposes.
Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal dataRead →
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1)(f)Read →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject13(1)(c)Read →
- Data principles
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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