The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) recently imposed a €500,000 fine on Fútbol Club Barcelona for failing to properly conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) when implementing biometric systems used during the club’s membership census process. This complex decision ultimately focuses on Article 35 GDPR, with the AEPD concluding that the club failed to […]
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Italian Data Protection Authority Fines Bologna Airport in Connection with Whistleblowing Application
In an injunction of July 10, 2021, published the following month, the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has fined the Airport of Bologna € 40,000 for not having implemented adequate technical and organizational measures for a whistleblowing application. Further, the authority held that for that application, a data protection […]