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Company – €9,700 Fine (Norway, 2022)
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A Norwegian company was fined €9,700 for automatically forwarding a former employee's emails without permission. This action violated the employee's privacy rights and the company failed to inform them about the data processing. This case shows that companies must respect employee privacy even after they leave.
What happened
A company automatically forwarded emails from a former employee's mailbox to the managing director without a legal basis.
Who was affected
A former employee whose professional and private emails were forwarded without their consent.
What the authority found
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority found that the company did not have a valid legal basis for forwarding the emails and failed to inform the employee about this processing.
Why this matters
This case highlights the need for companies to have clear policies on employee data handling, especially after termination. It serves as a warning that privacy rights must be upheld at all times.
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The Norwegian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 9,700 on a company. The DPA had received a complaint from a former employee of the company. Background of the complaint is the fact that after the employee's termination, both professional and private e-mails from the employee's mailbox were automatically forwarded to an e-mail address administrated by the managing director. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had automatically forwarded the e-mails without a valid legal basis. Also, the controller did not inform the former employee about the processing of the data by forwarding the e-mails, contrary to its obligation under Art. 13 GDPR. Finally, the DPA found that the controller did not properly comply with a request of objection to the processing submitted by the former employee.
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Details
Fine Date
15 March 2022
Authority
Datatilsynet (Norway)
Fine Amount
€9,700
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1181
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Company - Norway (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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