Surveyor – €5,000 Fine (Germany, 2022)
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A surveyor in Germany was fined EUR 5,000 for accessing property owner data without their knowledge and sharing it with a property developer. This breach of privacy laws shows the importance of using personal data responsibly and legally.
What happened
The surveyor accessed and shared property owner data from the electronic land register without their knowledge.
Who was affected
Property owners whose data was accessed and shared without their consent.
What the authority found
The DPA determined that the surveyor unlawfully processed personal data by accessing and sharing it without a valid legal basis.
Why this matters
This case serves as a warning to professionals with access to sensitive data to handle it responsibly and legally. It stresses the need for individuals and companies to ensure they have the proper authority and legal basis when processing personal data.
GDPR Articles Cited
The DPA of Baden-Württemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on a surveyor. The surveyor had used his authority to inspect the electronic land register to identify several hundred property owners in two cases without their knowledge and had passed on the relevant information to a property developer. The latter in turn contacted the identified owners. The DPA determined that both the surveyor and the developer had unlawfully processed the data of the property owners.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Surveyor in DE
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
21 September 2022
Authority
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Fine Amount
€5,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1408
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Surveyor - Germany (2022). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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