Debt collection agency

€28K($30K USD)final

Date Issued

2019-07-24

Regulation

Authority

Data Protection Commission of Bulgaria (KZLD)

Country

Bulgaria

Violation Type

Non-compliance with lawful basis for data processing

Currency

EUR

Violation Summary

A private individual complained to the Data Protection Commission of Bulgaria (KZLD) that a debt collection agency has information about her accounts and status of those accounts with the purpose of collecting tax owned by the complainant. The KZLD concluded that the agency had no legal basis to obtain and process the data.

Articles Violated

Art. 6 GDPR

Other Fines for Debt collection agency

DateRegulationAmount (USD)Type
2019-07-24GDPR$30,413Non-compliance with lawful basis for data processing