Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) · 18 November 2025
Journalist
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€80Fine issued
- Regulator
- Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB)
- Decided
- 18 November 2025
- Country
- Austria
- Sector
- Individuals and Private Associations
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/AT/004
What happened
The DPA fined a journalist €80 for unlawfully disclosing the identity of a data subject on the journalist’s social media profile after the data subject had reported them for a parking violation at a Christmas market.
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Rules involved
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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