Germany

Police officer

600 €

GDPR enforcement action by Data Protection Authority of Hessen on 2021.

Rank · Sector

#206

of 351 in Individuals and Private Associations

Rank · Germany

#100

of 116

Rank · All fines

#2,776

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Data Protection Authority of Hessen
Date: 2021
Controller / Processor: Police officer
Sector: Individuals and Private Associations
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about his ex-wife's new address. He discovered where his ex-wife had moved to in the meantime. The officer then actually went to his ex-girlfriend's new apartment and met her in front of the entrance to the new house. This frightened his ex-wife so much that she reported the incident to the police.

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