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โš ๏ธ Access request not handled in time!

Data Subject Rights, Regulated Sectors | 18/07/2025

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Hard Drive Failure + Ignored Access Request = €2,000 Fine for Tirrenia Hospital Srl ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿ’พ Regulator: GPDP (Italian DPA)Decision: 1...

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๐Ÿ“ข Spain, excessive data collection!

Data Subject Rights, Retention & Minimisation, Legal basis | 08/07/2025

๐Ÿ“ข Do you work in the hotel industry ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ? Is your privacy policy really up to date? ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ If you go to a hotel in Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Expect to fill in a form with 4...

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โŒ› Delay in processing requests for access rights

Data Subject Rights | 26/06/2025

๐Ÿ” When emails sent to the DPO are identified as SPAM! Regulator: CNPD, Luxembourg Source: Deliberation no. 1FR/2025 of 6 January 2025 ๐Ÿšฆ Response tim...

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น OPT-OUT / Penalty

Data Subject Rights | 26/06/2025

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy - ๐Ÿ  Estate agency penalised for unwanted calls ๐Ÿ”” A reminder: a single complaint can trigger an inspection! Regulator: Il Garante (GPDP) Sour...

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๐Ÿ’ฅ Intrusive surveillance of employees

Data Subject Rights, Retention & Minimisation | 30/03/2025

Source : 10096474, Italy, Il garante per la protezione dei dati ๐Ÿ” When access to employees' computers turns into widespread surveillance... and cost...

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Health data and online publication

Data Subject Rights, Legal basis | 30/03/2025

๐Ÿ“ธ Doctor: Publication of post-op photos of a former patient... Source : N°50-2024 Greece ๐Ÿ’ฅ The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has issued an ex...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Abusive communication and GDPR

Data Subject Rights | 30/03/2025

๐Ÿ“ข GDPR fine for misuse of professional email addresses Source: PS/00117/2022Spain, AEPD A €2,000 fine was imposed by the AEPD on a works council memb...

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Insurance and excessive retention periods

Data Subject Rights, Retention & Minimisation | 29/03/2025

๐Ÿ“ข €1.75 Million Fine for a French Insurance Company Source: SAN 2021-010 ๐Ÿ‘‰ The CNIL has sanctioned an insurance company for two serious breaches of ...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain: An Influencer Sanctioned by the AEPD After Posting a Video on TikTok!

Data Subject Rights, Retention & Minimisation, Legal basis | 26/03/2025

๐Ÿ“ข Consent is Never Implicit! Source : PS 00471-2023 ๐Ÿ“ฑ A content creator posted a video on TikTok and Instagram, featuring a 13-year-old minor answe...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ When a Loan Simulation on a Website Turns into a Real Loanโ€ฆ

Data Subject Rights, Retention & Minimisation | 26/03/2025

Right to Erasure Not Applied, a Bank Sanctioned by the AEPD Source : PS 00196-2024 ๐Ÿ“ Facts A citizen conducted a loan simulation on an online compar...

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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ” Hungary: A Beauty Contest for Pregnant Women illegal!

Data Subject Rights | 26/03/2025

๐Ÿ“ข A Facebook Contest launched by a deputy On January 28, 2025, a Hungarian MP launched a Facebook beauty contest for pregnant women titled “The Bless...

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ โœ‰๏ธ No Commercial Prospecting via SMS Without Consent

Data Subject Rights, Legal basis | 26/03/2025

Source : PS- 00325-2024 ๐Ÿ“Œ Context ๐Ÿ“ข A citizen received a new unsolicited commercial offer for a gym membership. โš–๏ธ Complaint filed in March 2024 wi...

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