Spain

UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID, S.A.

3,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) on 2021-07-29.

Rank · Sector

#285

of 359 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Spain

#620

of 1,079

Rank · All fines

#2,055

of 3,072

Case details

Authority: Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
Date: 2021-07-29
Controller / Processor: UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID, S.A.
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 17 (1) GDPR, Art. 21 LSSI
Type of violation: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights

Summary

The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine on UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID, S.A.. A data subject had filed a complaint against the distance learning university. He stated that he had requested the controller to delete all his data and prohibit its processing for any purpose. He received a confirmation, that his data had been completely deleted. Nevertheless, the data subject later received advertising from the controller by e-mail. The AEPD then imposed a fine of EUR 5,000, which was reduced to EUR 3,000 due to acknowledgement of guilt and immediate payment.

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