Spain

GARLEX SOLUTIONS, S.L.

15,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2022-01-18.

Rank · Sector

#102

of 165 in Transportation and Energy

Rank · Spain

#357

of 1,071

Rank · All fines

#1,183

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2022-01-18
Controller / Processor: GARLEX SOLUTIONS, S.L.
Sector: Transportation and Energy
Quoted Articles: Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on GARLEX SOLUTIONS, S.L.. The data subject had received a call from the company to renew their electricity supply contract. Subsequently, the data subject received an SMS with a link to an electricity supply contract in which their personal data had already been entered. The data subject could not explain how the company had come into possession of the data, since they never provided it and had certainly not consented to its processing.

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