Germany

Job center employee

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

Case details

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

Summary

A job center employee had accessed data in social database systems and in the civil register for private research purposes. The employee wanted to prove that two of her colleagues had a relationship with each other and checked the registration addresses of both of them.

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