Golf Centre of the Municipality of Glyfada – €5,000 Fine (Greece, 2020)
General GDPR enforcement action
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The Golf Centre in Glyfada was fined for not responding to a person's request for video footage involving them. This is important because it shows that businesses must respond to people asking for their personal data. Ignoring such requests can lead to fines and legal trouble.
What happened
The Golf Centre of Glyfada failed to respond to a person's repeated requests for video footage involving them.
Who was affected
An individual who requested access to video footage from the Golf Centre's surveillance system.
What the authority found
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority found that the Golf Centre did not comply with its obligation to respond to access requests under the applicable data protection law.
Why this matters
This case highlights the importance of businesses being responsive to requests for personal data access. It serves as a warning that failing to comply with such requests can result in penalties, emphasizing the need for clear procedures to handle data access requests.
GDPR Articles Cited
National Law Articles
The complainant asked copy of video records from the video surveillance system that the Golf Centre of the Municipality of Glyfada (data controller) operated. The records he asked included incident with the complainant and an employee of the Centre. The data controller did not response and the complainant sent his request again. The data controller did not response and the complainant sent the request for a third time, this time asking for all documents concerning him. The data controller responded too late and not in the e-mail address the complainant had indicated. The HDPA found that the alleged violation took place prior to the GDPR and that it does not qualify a continuing infringement, thus the former Law 2472/1997 should be applicable. The HDPA found that the data controller had not notified the authority of the video surveillance system as it had to and that it did not comply with its duty to respond to the complainant's access request. Thus, it imposed a fine of EUR. 5,000.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Golf Centre of the Municipality of Glyfada in GR
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
26 February 2020
Authority
Hellenic Data Protection Authority
Fine Amount
€5,000
GDPRhub ID
gdprhub-2186About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Golf Centre of the Municipality of Glyfada - Greece (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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