Spain:
AEPD Finds Social Media Company In Violation Of Spanish Data Protection Law
07 December 2017
by
Jones Day
,
Laurent De Muyter
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Marina Foncuberta
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Bastiaan Kout
,
Matthijs Lagas
,
Jonathon Little
,
Martin Lotz
,
Hatziri Minaudier
,
Giuseppe Mezzapesa
,
Selma Olthof
,
Audrey Paquet
,
Elizabeth A. Robertson
and
Rhys Thomas
Jones Day
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On September 11, AEPD issued (source document in Spanish) a final
decision against a social media company in connection with its data
processing activities and issued a fine of €1.2 million.
According to the AEPD, the company collected user-processed special
categories of data for advertising purposes without obtaining the
data subjects' express consent.
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