Company – €20,000 Fine (Belgium, 2025)

€20,000Autorité de Protection des Données22 April 2025Belgium
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The Belgian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a company. The controller is a company engaging in direct marketing activities. During those activies the company failed to comply with multiple data processing principle. In particular the company had no sufficient legal basis for the data processing, failed to inform the data subjects and failed to provide data subjects with lawfully requested informations.

GDPR Articles Cited

Art. 5(1)(a) GDPR
Art. 6(1) GDPR
Art. 12(1) GDPR
Art. 14(1) GDPR
Art. 15(1)(c) GDPR
Art. 24(1) GDPR
Art. 25(1) GDPR
Full Legal Summary

The Belgian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a company. The controller is a company engaging in direct marketing activities. During those activies the company failed to comply with multiple data processing principle. In particular the company had no sufficient legal basis for the data processing, failed to inform the data subjects and failed to provide data subjects with lawfully requested informations.

Details

Fine Date

22 April 2025

Authority

Autorité de Protection des Données

Fine Amount

€20,000

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-2613

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