Spain

AVON COSMETICS

60,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2019-08-16.

Rank · Sector

#106

of 645 in Industry and Commerce

Rank · Spain

#183

of 1,114

Rank · All fines

#668

of 3,223

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2019-08-16
Controller / Processor: AVON COSMETICS
Sector: Industry and Commerce
Quoted Articles: Art. 6 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

A consumer claimed that AVON COSMETICS had unlawfully processed his data without adequately verifying his identity, which led to his data being erroneously entered in a register of claims, preventing him from working with his bank. As a result, a third party fraudulently used the consumers personal data.

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