The Netherlands
Coolblue B.V
40,000 €
GDPR enforcement action by Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP) on 2024-12-23.
Rank · Sector
#121
of 597 in Industry and Commerce
Rank · The Netherlands
#28
of 43
Rank · All fines
#834
of 3,050
Case details
- Authority
- Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP)
- Date
- 2024-12-23
- Controller / Processor
- Coolblue B.V
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 5 (1) a) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) GDPR
- Type of violation
- Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Summary
The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of €40,000 on Coolblue. The company collected personal data via cookies without users' explicit consent, relying on pre-ticked consent boxes.
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