Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) · 23 April 2026
Accountancy Firm
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€8,500Fine issued
- Regulator
- Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
- Decided
- 23 April 2026
- Country
- Belgium
- Sector
- Employment
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2026/BE/001
What happened
The DPA fined an accounting firm €8,500 for keeping the professional email address and mailbox of a former employee active for at least 21 months after their departure without a legal basis under Article 6 GDPR.
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. 17Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)17(1)Read →
- Data principles
- Data subject rights
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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