Vodafone España, S.A.U. – €100,000 Fine (Spain, 2022)

€100,000Agencia Española de Protección de Datos28 December 2022Spain
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General GDPR enforcement action

This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.

Vodafone was fined €100,000 by the Spanish data protection authority for making marketing calls to people on the Robinson list, which is a list of users who opted out of such communications. The authority found that Vodafone did not properly check this list before making calls. This is significant because it shows that companies must respect users' choices about receiving marketing messages.

What happened

Vodafone made commercial calls to individuals who had opted out by signing up for the Robinson list.

Who was affected

Individuals in Spain who had registered on the Robinson list to avoid unsolicited marketing calls.

What the authority found

The Spanish authority determined that Vodafone failed to ensure compliance with the opt-out list before conducting marketing calls.

Why this matters

This ruling underscores the responsibility of companies to respect user privacy choices. Businesses should implement robust systems to verify that they do not contact individuals who have opted out of marketing communications.

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The Spanish DPA (AEPD) imposed a fine of EUR 100,00 on Vodafone España, S.A.U. due data processing without a sufficient legal basis. A data subject stated that a prepaid line of which charges were made, had been registered in their name. However, the data subject had never concluded a contract with the company for this line. Rather, the contract in question was concluded by fraudsters using the data subject's personal data. Nevertheless, the personal data was entered into the company's information systems without any verification as to whether the contract had been lawfully and actually concluded by the data subject.

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Dec 2022

Fine

€100K

Details

Fine Date

28 December 2022

Authority

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos

Fine Amount

€100,000

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-1584

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