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.

Decision data:
23.07.2019

Country:
Bulgaria

Type of Issue:
Illegal data processing

Number of involved data records:
unknown

Special category of data involved:
No

Fine:
€ 5,000,-

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