Belgium
Social Media Provider
50,000 €
GDPR enforcement action by Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) on 2020-05-14.
Rank · Sector
#103
of 597 in Industry and Commerce
Rank · Belgium
#12
of 50
Rank · All fines
#700
of 3,050
Case details
- Authority
- Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
- Date
- 2020-05-14
- Controller / Processor
- Social Media Provider
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 6 GDPR
- Type of violation
- Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Summary
The company has sent invitations to contacts uploaded by its users without their consent or any other legal basis.
Open original source
Links to the regulator's original publication or another source.
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