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Real estate agent – €5,000 Fine (Germany, 2021)
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A real estate agent was fined EUR 5,000 for contacting a person about a property without having their consent. The agent failed to delete the person's data as requested, which is a clear violation of privacy rights. This case serves as a reminder for businesses to respect individuals' requests regarding their personal information.
What happened
A real estate agent contacted an individual about selling a property without permission and failed to delete their data when asked.
Who was affected
The individual whose personal data was processed without consent by the real estate agent.
What the authority found
The authority found that the real estate agent processed the individual's data unlawfully and did not comply with their request for data deletion.
Why this matters
This case highlights the necessity for businesses to honor requests for data access and deletion. Companies must ensure they have a valid legal basis for processing personal data to avoid penalties.
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The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a fine on a real estate agent. The real estate agent had contacted an individual and offered him to sell a property he owned. Since the individual himself had not passed on his data to the real estate agent, he asked for information on the origin of the data and for the data to be deleted. The real estate agent informed the data subject that she had deleted the data. However, she did not comply with the data subject's right to access the data. Half a year later, the data subject again received a message from the real estate agent, despite the confirmed deletion of his data. For this reason, the DPA determined that the real estate agent had processed the data of the data subject without a valid legal basis and thus unlawfully.
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Details
Fine Date
1 January 2021
Authority
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Fine Amount
€5,000
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Real estate agent - Germany (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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