Spain

El Periódico de Catalunya, S.L.U.

10,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2020-07-23.

Rank · Sector

#308

of 383 in Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting

Rank · Spain

#404

of 1,114

Rank · All fines

#1,400

of 3,223

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2020-07-23
Controller / Processor: El Periódico de Catalunya, S.L.U.
Sector: Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

Following a request for erasure addressed to the company, the data subject received another newsletter from the newspaper, although El Periódico de Catalunya claimed to have granted the request. This was due to a failure of an external service provider of the company.

Open original source Links to the regulator's original publication or another source.