Joker Premium Invex – €6,000 Fine (Spain, 2019)
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 Spanish company, Joker Premium Invex, was fined €6,000 for sending ads to a person without their consent. The company used the person's data for advertising without asking first. This fine reminds businesses to always get permission before using personal data for marketing.
What happened
Joker Premium Invex was fined for sending advertisements without getting consent from the person.
Who was affected
A person who received advertisements from Joker Premium Invex without giving consent.
What the authority found
The AEPD found that Joker Premium Invex processed personal data for ads without consent, violating GDPR.
Why this matters
This case serves as a warning to companies to ensure they have consent before using personal data for advertising, reinforcing GDPR's emphasis on user consent.
GDPR Articles Cited
A citizen filled a complaint with the AEPD regarding the unlawful processing of his personal data. He claimed that his personal data was processed by the public administration for registration purposes only. The data was shared with the company Joker Premium (the controller) without a legal basis. Is consent necessary to process lawfully personal data for commercial advertisement purposes, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject? The AEPD found that the controller unlawfully processed the personal data for commercial advertisement purposes due to the lack of consent. Indeed, it did send to the data subject advertisement and commercial offers while the data subject did not consent to the processing of his personal data.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Joker Premium Invex in ES
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
23 December 2019
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€6,000
GDPRhub ID
gdprhub-218About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Joker Premium Invex - Spain (2019). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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