Company – €5,000 Fine (Germany, 2021)

€5,000Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz1 January 2021Germany
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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.

A company in Germany was fined for not deleting a video featuring a complainant, even after being asked by both the complainant and the data protection authority. This case matters because it shows that companies must act promptly on data deletion requests. The company initially removed the video from its website but not from social media.

What happened

The company published a video featuring a complainant without consent and delayed in deleting it from all platforms.

Who was affected

The individual who appeared in the video and requested its deletion.

What the authority found

The authority fined the company for failing to promptly delete the video from all platforms, violating data protection rules.

Why this matters

This ruling emphasizes that companies must take data deletion requests seriously and ensure complete removal from all platforms. It highlights the need for robust processes to manage such requests efficiently.

Full Legal Summary
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The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a fine on a company. An individual had filed a complaint with the DPA based on the fact that the company produced a video recording in which the complainant could be seen. The complainant then contacted the company and asked it to delete the video and to refrain from publishing it on the Internet. Nevertheless, the company published the video on its website as well as on several social networks. Moreover, even when the DPA asked the company to delete the video, the company only deleted the video from its website, but not from the social networks. Only after the DPA demanded the company to delete the video again, did the company actually comply and deleted the video from the social networks as well.

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Jan 2021

Fine

€5K

Details

Fine Date

1 January 2021

Authority

Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz

Fine Amount

€5,000

Enforcement Tracker ID

ETid-1225

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