Unknown – €10,000 Fine (Czech Republic, 2019)
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.
The Czech data protection authority fined an unknown company EUR 10,000 for keeping personal data longer than necessary and not minimizing the data collected. This matters because businesses must ensure they only collect and store data that's essential for their purposes, or face penalties.
What happened
A company was fined for storing personal data longer than necessary and collecting more data than needed.
Who was affected
Individuals whose data was unnecessarily collected and stored by the company.
What the authority found
The authority found the company violated GDPR by not minimizing data collection and by keeping data longer than needed.
Why this matters
This case highlights the importance of data minimization and storage limitation under GDPR. Businesses should regularly review their data practices to avoid similar fines.
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Data was not only processed if adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed ('data minimisation') and not only kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed ('storage limitation').
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Fine
€10K
Details
Fine Date
21 March 2019
Authority
Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů
Fine Amount
€10,000
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. Unknown - Czech Republic (2019). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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