QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. – €20,000 Fine (Spain, 2023)
General GDPR enforcement action
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QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. was fined €20,000 by the Spanish data protection authority for continuing to use a person's data for marketing after they asked for it to be deleted. This case stresses the importance of respecting people's requests to delete their data.
What happened
QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. continued using a person's data for marketing despite a deletion request.
Who was affected
The person who requested their data to be deleted was affected.
What the authority found
The Spanish authority found that QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. violated GDPR by not having a valid reason to keep using the person's data.
Why this matters
This decision underscores the need for companies to honor data deletion requests. Ignoring such requests can lead to significant fines and damage to reputation.
GDPR Articles Cited
The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A.. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA because the controller had continued to use their data for marketing purposes despite their request for deletion.
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. in ES
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
Details
Fine Date
2 June 2023
Authority
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Fine Amount
€20,000
Enforcement Tracker ID
ETid-1861
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. - Spain (2023). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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