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Company – €13,000 Fine (Germany, 2020)
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A company in Germany was fined for sharing customer data between its different businesses without proper agreements. This matters because it shows that companies must have clear agreements when sharing data to protect user privacy. Businesses should ensure they understand their responsibilities when sharing customer information.
What happened
The company shared customer data with another business in its group without a proper agreement.
Who was affected
Customers whose data was shared between the companies were affected by the lack of agreements.
What the authority found
The German data protection authority ruled that the company did not have the necessary agreements in place for sharing data, violating GDPR rules.
Why this matters
This case highlights the importance of having clear agreements when sharing data between companies. It serves as a reminder for all businesses to clarify their data-sharing practices.
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The DPA from Hamburg as imposed a fine of EUR 13,000 on a company. An individual had booked and attended a course with a company, but had not paid the course fees incurred. Some time later, he registered for a course at another company of the same parent company and was rejected there. As a reason, he was told that he still had arrears with the company whose courses he had already attended. Following a complaint filed by the individual against the company, the DPA launched an investigation. It found that those companies shared a common database. It pointed out that the maintenance of a common customer database by several, legally independent companies, leads to joint responsibility according to Art. 26 GDPR. According to Art. 26 (2) GDPR, this requires an agreement that reflects the respective actual functions and relationships of the jointly responsible parties towards data subjects. However, such an agreement did not exist.
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Fine
€13K
Details
Fine Date
1 January 2020
Authority
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Fine Amount
€13,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1046
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Company - Germany (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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