Germany
Medical assistant
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GDPR enforcement action by Data Protection Authority of Brandenburg on 2020.
Case details
- Authority
- Data Protection Authority of Brandenburg
- Date
- 2020
- Controller / Processor
- Medical assistant
- Sector
- Individuals and Private Associations
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 6 (1) GDPR
- Type of violation
- Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Summary
A medical assistant at a doctor's office stored a patient's telephone number in her mobile phone and then contacted him for private purposes.
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