Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA
24,000 €
GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2020-07-20.
Rank · Sector
#152
of 323 in Finance, Insurance and Consulting
Rank · Spain
#326
of 1,078
Rank · All fines
#993
of 3,059
Case details
- Authority
- Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
- Date
- 2020-07-20
- Controller / Processor
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA
- Sector
- Finance, Insurance and Consulting
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
- Type of violation
- Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Summary
BBVA had no legitimate basis for processing the data of the data subject and had therefore infringed Article 6(1) of the GDPR, since the company processed solvency and credit information files without a prior contractual relationship with the data subject.
Open original source
Links to the regulator's original publication or another source.
Related fines
Spain
2025-04-07
14,400,000 €
ETid-3192
AMADEUS IT GROUP, S.A.
Transportation and Energy
Spain
2025-11-06
10,043,002 €
ETid-2962
Aena, S.M.E., S.A.
Transportation and Energy
Spain
2022-05-18
10,000,000 €
ETid-1176
Google LLC
Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Spain
2021-03-11
8,150,000 €
ETid-594
Vodafone España, S.A.U.
Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Spain
2023-12-27
6,500,000 €
ETid-2532
THE PHONE HOUSE SPAIN, S.L.
Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Spain
2023-10-25
6,100,000 €
ETid-2220
ENDESA ENERGÍA, S.A.U.
Transportation and Energy