Legal Person – €600 Fine (Czech Republic, 2023)

€600Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů17 April 2023Czech Republic
final
Fine

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.

A legal entity in the Czech Republic was fined for not clearly explaining how it processes personal data on its website. This is important because users need to understand their rights and the reasons their data is collected. The case shows that businesses must be clear and straightforward about their data practices.

What happened

The Czech DPA fined a legal person for failing to provide clear information about the legal basis for processing personal data.

Who was affected

Website visitors whose personal data was processed by the legal entity without clear legal explanations.

What the authority found

The authority found that the company did not clearly attribute a specific legal basis to its data processing activities, violating GDPR requirements.

Why this matters

This ruling highlights the need for businesses to communicate their data processing practices clearly. It sets a precedent for ensuring that all companies must be transparent about how they handle personal data.

GDPR Articles Cited
Automatically processed
Art. 12(1) GDPR
View original scraped data
Art. 12(1) GDPR

Original imported citations before automated processing; the processing history does not establish independent verification.

Source checks

Linked-source text retrieved.

Review needed — 17 March 2026.

Processing notes: amount discrepancy, national law identified.

Retrieved text may be a secondary summary or an announcement. These automated statuses do not establish that the original decision was read or that the record received an independent legal review. How we check sources

Full Legal Summary
Detailed

The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 600 on a legal person. The order was issued based on the carried out inspection. The accused did not provide information on its website about the legal basis for the processing of personal data in a comprehensible manner because it did not clearly attribute a specific legal basis to a particular processing of personal data.

Related Enforcement Actions (20)

Other enforcement actions involving Legal Person in CZ

Current
Apr 2023

Fine

€600

Details

Fine Date

17 April 2023

Authority

Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů

Fine Amount

€600

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-2836

About this data

Data: CMS GDPR Enforcement Tracker
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Automatically normalized and classified

Cite as: Cookie Fines. Legal Person - Czech Republic (2023). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu

Report Inaccuracy

Last updated: