Fine against European university

Fine against European university

The European university in Cyprus send short-messages to their students. However, those affected did not have the opportunity to cancel the receipt of these messages for free. Instead, they would have to send an SMS message with “Stop” to the sender, which is not free-of-charge. Therefore, the university violated GDPR Article 12paragraph 12 of the GDPR[/ su_gdprref] and was sentenced by the authorities to pay a fine of € 500, -.

Entscheidungsdatum:
04.07.2018

Land:
Cyprus

Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing

Betroffene Datensätze:
unknown

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 500,-

Quelle: