Spain

Professional Football League (LaLiga)

250,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2019-06-11.

Rank · Sector

#16

of 351 in Individuals and Private Associations

Rank · Spain

#49

of 1,070

Rank · All fines

#314

of 3,039

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2019-06-11
Controller / Processor: Professional Football League (LaLiga)
Sector: Individuals and Private Associations
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a) GDPR, Art. 7 (3) GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations

Summary

The national Football League (LaLiga) was fined for offering an app which once per minute accessed the microphone of users' mobile phones in order to detect pubs screening football matches without paying a fee. In the opinion of the AEPD LaLiga did not adequately inform the users of the app about this practice. Furthermore, the app did not meet the requirements for withdrawal of consent.

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