The first is sanctioned with 10 million euros, while the second with 3.94 million
The Spanish data protection agency has issued a resolution fining Google 10 million euros and Vodafone Spain 3.94 million euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD).
The RGPD is the European regulation relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of their personal data and the free movement thereof.
According to the resolution of the Spanish authority, published in the Official Gazette (BOE) on Wednesday and dated May 9, the sanction imposed on Google is due to the violation of Articles 6 and 17 of the RGPD, which govern legality. of data processing and the ‘right to be forgotten’, respectively.
Vodafone Spain, for its part, has been fined almost EUR 4 million for violating part of Article 5 of the regulation, which regulates the guarantees of confidentiality and integrity of personal data.
Under the Organic Law on Data Protection and the Guarantee of Digital Rights, the Spanish Data Protection Agency is obliged to publish these sanctions in the BOE when they affect legal entities and their amount exceeds one million euros.
A Google spokesperson has told Europa Press that the company is reviewing the decision and will continue to communicate with privacy regulators to reassess the company’s practices.
“We always try to strike a balance between the right to privacy and our need to be transparent and accountable about our role in moderating online content. We have already begun to reassess and redesign our data sharing practices with Lumen in light of the AEPD’s considerations,” the spokesperson said.
Lumen is a Harvard University project that aims to help researchers and the public understand takedown requests for online content.
Source: La Verdad
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