Police officer – €300,400 Fine (Germany, 2020)

€300,400Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz1 January 2020Germany
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Insufficient legal basis for data processing

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Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Related Enforcement Actions (8)

Other enforcement actions involving Police officer in DE

Fine
Jan 2020· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

Insufficient legal basis for data processing

€401K
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Jan 2020· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

A police officer took photos of an official presentation that contained personal data and shared them in a Whats App group.

€350
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Jan 2020

Fine

€300K

Fine
Jan 2021· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes. The officer had purchased a notebook for private use on an Inter...

€400
Fine
Jan 2021· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

A police officer repeatedly had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes.

€2K
Fine
Jan 2022· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about their ex-partner's new partn...

€300
Fine
Jan 2022· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes over a period of three years.

€7K
Fine
Jan 2023· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a three-figure fine on a police officer. The police officer had used the telephone number of a person who had filed...

€500
Fine
Jan 2023· Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

The DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 1,200 on a police officer. The officer had accessed data in police databases for private resea...

€1K

Details

Fine Date

1 January 2020

Authority

Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

Fine Amount

€300,400

Enforcement Tracker ID

1042

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