Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) · 27 November 2025
Infobel
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
What happened next. Reduced on appeal: the Market Court cut the fine from €40,000 to €5,000 and annulled the order to delete the data (ruling of 3 June 2026). Source →
- Regulator
- Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
- Decided
- 27 November 2025
- Country
- Belgium
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/BE/001
What happened
The DPA fined a data broker €40,000 for unlawfully reselling personal data it purchased from a phone company to another company carrying out direct marketing activities.
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. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1)Read →
- Art. 24Responsibility of the controllerRead →
- Accountability
- Data principles
- Unlawful processing
Sources
The facts on this page come from the sources above, as they recorded them. Nothing has been estimated or filled in. Not legal advice.
Spotted a mistake? Write to angelillolorenzo@gmail.com and quote 2025/BE/001.