Norway

Unknown

38,600 €

GDPR enforcement action by Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) on 2021-01-12.

Rank · Sector

#47

of 213 in Employment

Rank · Norway

#25

of 53

Rank · All fines

#853

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet)
Date: 2021-01-12
Controller / Processor: Unknown
Sector: Employment
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 GDPR, Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Norwegian DPA (Datatilsynet) fined a company NOK 400,000 (EUR 38,600) for the illegal automatic forwarding of an employee's email inbox. The automatic forwarding was activated in connection with the employee's sick leave and lasted for more than a month.

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