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Company – €5,000 Fine (Germany, 2021)
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A company in Germany was fined EUR 5,000 for ignoring a request to delete a video that featured a complainant without their consent. This case is significant because it emphasizes that companies must respect people's wishes regarding their personal images.
What happened
The company published a video of an individual despite being asked to delete it.
Who was affected
The individual who appeared in the video and requested its removal.
What the authority found
The DPA found that the company failed to comply with the individual's request to delete the video from social media.
Why this matters
This ruling serves as a reminder for businesses to take requests for data removal seriously. Companies should have clear policies in place to handle such requests promptly.
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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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Fine
€5K
Details
Fine Date
1 January 2021
Authority
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Fine Amount
€5,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Company - Germany (2021). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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