Optical store receives Italian EU GDPR fine

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MLex has reported that an optical store Occhiali24.it has been fined €20,000 by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR). The company had unlawfully processed personal data without consent for a promotional campaign, the regulator said. During the investigation, the DPA also criticised how the company manages data subjects’ requests for deletion, access or objection.