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Unknown – €2,800 Fine (Luxembourg, 2021)
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A company in Luxembourg was fined for keeping location data from its cars for too long. The DPA found that storing this data for over two years was unnecessary. This case stresses the importance of not keeping personal data longer than needed.
What happened
The company stored location data from its fleet of cars for more than two years.
Who was affected
Drivers whose location data was collected and stored by the company.
What the authority found
The Luxembourg DPA ruled that the company violated GDPR by retaining personal data longer than necessary.
Why this matters
This decision highlights the principle of data minimization. Companies should regularly review their data retention policies to ensure compliance.
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The DPA from Luxembourg (CNPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 2,800 on a company. The controller had installed location sensors on a number of cars in its fleet. The purpose of this was to protect the company's assets, monitor the transport of goods and the drivers' working hours, among other things. Some of the location data collected by the controller was stored for two years and four months. The DPA states that this was clearly excessive and not necessary for the purposes of the processing. The DPA considered this to be a violation of the principle of storage limitation. In addition, the DPA found that the controller had not sufficiently informed the data subjects about the processing of the location data and had thus violated its information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR.
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Fine
€3K
Details
Fine Date
8 April 2021
Authority
Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données
Fine Amount
€2,800
GDPRhub ID
gdprhub-3532About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Unknown - Luxembourg (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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