APD/GBA (Belgium) · 10 October 2025
Belgian Municipality · Mayor of that municipality
The source names these parties without saying which one the decision is about. I’m checking it.
About: Data principles, Data protection officer, Transparency, Unlawful processing
FineNo fineViolation found
- Regulator
- APD/GBA (Belgium)
- Decided
- 10 October 2025
- Country
- Belgium
- Sector
- Not given
- Regulator’s reference
- 163/2025
- Fino case number
- 2025/BE/026
What happened
The Belgian DPA reprimanded a mayor for unlawfully further processing contact details from the municipality’s dataset for direct marketing purposes, and the municipality for failing to fulfil its obligations regarding the role of its DPO.
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 data5(1)(a)Read →
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1) · 6(4)Read →
- Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subjectRead →
- Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 38Position of the data protection officer38(2) · 38(6)Read →
- Data principles
- Data protection officer
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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