Greece
Telecommunication Service Provider
200,000 €
GDPR enforcement action by Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) on 2019-10-07.
Rank · Sector
#79
of 366 in Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Rank · Greece
#8
of 93
Rank · All fines
#337
of 3,039
Case details
- Authority
- Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
- Date
- 2019-10-07
- Controller / Processor
- Telecommunication Service Provider
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 5 (1) c) GDPR, Art. 25 GDPR
- Type of violation
- Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Summary
A large number of customers were subject to telemarketing calls, although they had declared an opt-out for this. This was ignored due to technical errors.
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Links to the regulator's original publication or another source.
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