AP (The Netherlands) · 2 May 2024
AS Watson (Health & Beauty Continental Europe) B.V.
About: Data principles, Unlawful processing
Fine€600,000Violation found
- Regulator
- AP (The Netherlands)
- Decided
- 2 May 2024
- Country
- Netherlands
- Sector
- Not given
- Regulator’s reference
- z-2021-14274
- Fino case number
- 2024/NL/001
What happened
The DPA fined the controller of Kruidvat.nl €600,000 for placing tracking cookies before obtaining consent. The DPA also found that a pre-ticked box for accepting tracking cookies does not constitute freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.
Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 4Definitions4(11)Read →
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(1)(a)Read →
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1)Read →
- Data principles
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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