SERVICIOS LOGÍSTICOS MARTORELL SIGLO XXI, S.L. – €16,000 Fine (Spain, 2021)
General GDPR enforcement action
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A Spanish logistics company was fined EUR 16,000 for using fingerprint scanners to track employee work hours without assessing privacy risks. This is important because it shows that companies need to evaluate privacy impacts before using biometric data. Businesses should conduct thorough assessments to avoid fines.
What happened
The company used fingerprint systems to track employee hours without a data protection impact assessment.
Who was affected
Employees whose fingerprints were collected without a privacy risk assessment.
What the authority found
The Spanish data protection authority found the company violated GDPR by not conducting a required impact assessment.
Why this matters
This case underscores the need for businesses to conduct data protection impact assessments when implementing new technologies, especially those involving sensitive data like biometrics.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine on SERVICIOS LOGÍSTICOS MARTORELL SIGLO XXI, S.L.. The company had installed five terminals with a fingerprint control system to record its employees' working hours. In doing so, the company had failed to conduct a data protection impact assessment. The AEPD found a violation of Art. 35 GDPR for this reason. The original fine of EUR 20,000 was reduced to EUR 16,000 due to voluntary payment.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for SERVICIOS LOGÍSTICOS MARTORELL SIGLO XXI, S.L. in ES
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
26 October 2021
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€16,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-887
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. SERVICIOS LOGÍSTICOS MARTORELL SIGLO XXI, S.L. - Spain (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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