Data Protection Authority of Ireland · 24 October 2024
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€310,000,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Data Protection Authority of Ireland
- Decided
- 24 October 2024
- Country
- Ireland
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2024/IE/004
What happened
The DPA fined LinkedIn €310,000,000 for the unlawful processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising.
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)(a)Read →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject13(1)(c)Read →
- Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject14(1)(c)Read →
- Data principles
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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