Croatian Data Protection Authority (AZOP) · 24 November 2025
Telecommunications operator (operator of electronic communications networks and services)
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fine€4,500,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Croatian Data Protection Authority (AZOP)
- Decided
- 24 November 2025
- Country
- Croatia
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/HR/001
What happened
The DPA fined a communication network provider €4,500,000 for several GDPR breaches including unlawful data transfers to Serbia and for misleading users with vague information that hid regular third-country processing.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processing6(1)Read →
- Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject12(1)Read →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject13(1)(f)Read →
- Art. 28Processor28(1)Read →
- Art. 44General principle for transfersRead →
- Art. 46Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards46(1)Read →
- Data principles
- International transfers
- Processor obligations
- Transparency
- 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.
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