Penalty after Infringement of the Principle of Purpose Limitation

Penalty after Infringement of the Principle of Purpose Limitation

Data may only be used for the purpose for which it was collected. It was precisely this principle that a Bulgarian company violated and therefore had to pay a fine of about €5,000.

Entscheidungsdatum:
23.07.2019

Land:
Bulgaria

Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing

Betroffene Datensätze:
unknown

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 5,000,-

Quelle:
Notice from the Bulgarian data protection authority (Bulgarian)