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Delay in reporting a data breach caused a fine of over €400,000 to Booking.com.

23.04.2021

Francesca Romana Di Costanzo

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has recently issued a fine of €475,000 to the online touristic operator Booking.com for having notified a data breach to the DPA with a sensible delay. The data breach The staff of about 40 Hotels located in the Un [...]

Belgian DPA issues €50.000 fine on an Organisation for non-compliance with GDPR DPO appointment procedure

27.05.2020

Carolin Cornely

The Organisation (defendant) designated their Head of Compliance, Risk and Audit as their Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPA ruled that in doing so, the Organisation violated art. 38(6) GDPR which requires that any tasks of the data protection officer [...]