Spain

Equifax Iberica S.L.

1,000,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2021-04-23.

Rank · Sector

#28

of 322 in Finance, Insurance and Consulting

Rank · Spain

#30

of 1,071

Rank · All fines

#164

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2021-04-23
Controller / Processor: Equifax Iberica S.L.
Sector: Finance, Insurance and Consulting
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a), b), c), d) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) GDPR, Art. 14 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000,000 on Equifax Ibérica, SL. A total of 96 complaints were filed with the DPA against the controller because it had included personal data of individuals associated with alleged debts in the Judicial Claims and Public Entities File ("FIJ") without their consent. In some cases, these data were not even correct. According to the DPA, the processing of the data subjects' personal data involving the FIJ file had been unlawful and violated several data protection principles of data processing (lawfulness and transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, and accuracy). In addition, the controller had not properly informed the data subjects about the processing of their data, thus violating its duty to inform them.

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