Spain

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.L.

42,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2022-08-02.

Rank · Sector

#134

of 322 in Finance, Insurance and Consulting

Rank · Spain

#256

of 1,075

Rank · All fines

#779

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2022-08-02
Controller / Processor: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.L.
Sector: Finance, Insurance and Consulting
Quoted Articles: Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine on Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.. The company had repeatedly sent advertising messages to a data subject, although the data subject had objected to the processing of their data. The original fine of EUR 70,000 was reduced to EUR 42,000 due to voluntary payment and admission of responsibility.

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