Spain

Physician

3,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2021-05-21.

Rank · Sector

#209

of 275 in Health Care

Rank · Spain

#617

of 1,079

Rank · All fines

#2,060

of 3,085

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2021-05-21
Controller / Processor: Physician
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has fined a physician EUR 3,000. The controller had left his/her former clinic and started working in a new clinic. The complainant had taken over the controller's former clinic. The purchase agreement explicitly stated that the selling party (the controller) was not allowed to make a copy of the patient's files under any circumstances. Nevertheless, the controller had informed his/her former patients that his/her services could be obtained at his/her new clinic in the future. The AEPD found that the controller had acted not only in breach of contract but also in breach of data protection legislation by contacting the former patients.

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