QUALITY-PROVIDER S.A. – €20,000 Fine (Spain, 2023)

€20,000Agencia Española de Protección de Datos2 June 2023Spain
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General GDPR enforcement action

This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.

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.

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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.

Details

Fine Date

2 June 2023

Authority

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos

Fine Amount

€20,000

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