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Vodafone gets €500,000 Italian EU GDPR fine

Published on: 30 November 2022
Published by LNB News

LNB News 30/11/2022

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Issue Date: 30 November 2022

Published Date: 30 November 2022

Jurisdiction(s): European Union

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MLex has reported that Vodafone has been fined €500,000 by the Italian Data Protection Authority for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR). The regulator found that the company had breached the principles of lawfulness and transparency over a contract for telephone services with the data subject. The company had also breached the EU GDPR's information obligation and requirements to obtain consent for marketing purposes, the regulator said.

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