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Summary The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on Rapido Finance, S.L.. The data subject had received a message from a company on behalf of Rapid Finance requesting payment of outstanding debts. However, the data subject had already paid the debts, which was also confirmed in a court ruling. For this reason, the DPA determined that the disclosure of the data subject’s personal data for the purpose of contacting them regarding the settlement of the debt was unlawful.
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Related articles:  Art. 6 (1) GDPR
Type: Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine: EUR 2,000
Sector Finance, Insurance and Consulting

 

All data is based on The CMS’s Law GDPR Enforcement Tracker Source: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

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