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Alquiler Seguro SA – €42,000 Fine (Spain, 2022)
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Alquiler Seguro SA was fined €42,000 for checking a job applicant's creditworthiness without their consent. The Spanish data protection authority found that the company processed personal data without a valid legal basis. This ruling serves as a reminder for businesses to always obtain consent before accessing personal information.
What happened
Alquiler Seguro requested creditworthiness information from a credit agency for a job applicant without their consent.
Who was affected
The job applicant whose creditworthiness was checked without consent was affected.
What the authority found
The authority ruled that Alquiler Seguro violated GDPR by processing personal data without a valid legal basis.
Why this matters
This case reinforces the necessity for companies to obtain explicit consent before accessing personal data. It highlights the risks of non-compliance with data protection laws.
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The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 42,000 on Alquiler Seguro SA. The company had advertised a job for which the data subject had applied. As part of the application process, the company had requested information about the creditworthiness of the data subject from a credit agency. However, the person concerned had never consented to such a query of their creditworthiness by Alquiler Seguro nor had they been informed about it. For this reason, the DPA found that Alquiler Seguro had processed the data of the data subject without a valid legal basis and thus violated Art. 6 (1) GDPR.
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No other enforcement actions found for Alquiler Seguro SA in ES
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Details
Fine Date
24 May 2022
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€42,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Alquiler Seguro SA - Spain (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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