Ambitious People Group – €6,000 Fine (Netherlands, 2020)
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Ambitious People Group was fined €6,000 for not deleting jobseekers' data after they requested it. Despite multiple requests, the company continued to send job vacancy emails. This case highlights the importance of respecting individuals' rights to have their data erased.
What happened
Ambitious People Group failed to delete jobseekers' data after multiple requests, continuing to send them job vacancy emails.
Who was affected
Jobseekers who requested the deletion of their personal data from Ambitious People Group.
What the authority found
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined the company €6,000 for not complying with data erasure requests.
Why this matters
This ruling reinforces the obligation of companies to honor data erasure requests under GDPR. Businesses should ensure they have effective systems to promptly remove personal data when requested by individuals.
GDPR Articles Cited
The controller, Ambitious People Group (“APG”) is a recruitment agency. To match jobseekers with a suitable job, the controller asked for the name, address, email address, phone number, date of birth and CV of the jobseeker and stored this in a database. After finding a relevant vacancy, the controller would contact the jobseeker via e-mail. The controller operated under five different labels that each focus on a specific market: LMH, SAM, Four Life Sciences, Ardekay and Five Finance. On 30 November 2018, the Dutch DPA ("Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens") received a complaint by three data subject against the controller for failing to comply with their requests for erasure. Even after multiple erasure requests, the three data subjects received e-mails from the controller with open vacancies. Data subject 1 first requested erasure on 15 November 2018 and still received e-mails from the controller's label SAM with vacancies on 28 November 2018. Even after a second erasure request on 28 November 2018, data subject 1 still received an email with vacancies from the controller on 10 January 2019. Data subject 2 received an email on 26 March 2018 from the controller's label LMH Engineering with a vacancy. Data subject 2 requested erasure on the same day. On 30 November 2018, data subject 2 still received an email from the controller. On the same day, data subject 2 requested erasure again. On 19 February 2019, data subject 2 still received an email with a vacancy from the controller. Data subject 3 received an email on 17 October from the controller's label Five Finance with a vacancy. Data subject 3 requested erasure on the same day, also for the controller's label LMH Engineering. The controller replied on 19 October 2018 that this was a one-time non-recurring e-mail. Data subject 3 replied on the same day with another erasure request, which was confirmed by the controller on the day itself. However, data subject 3 still received an e-mail with a vacancy on 20 March 2019 an
Related Enforcement Actions (0)
No other enforcement actions found for Ambitious People Group in NL
This is the only recorded action for this entity in this jurisdiction.
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Ambitious People Group - Netherlands (2020). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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