Deutsche Wohnen SE
€14.5M($15.7M USD)final
Date Issued
2019-10-30
Regulation
Authority
Data Protection Authority of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Country
Germany
Violation Type
Failure to comply with data processing principles
Currency
EUR
Violation Summary
The company collected data from multiple tenants without providing the option to remove that data once it was no longer required. This led to the company retaining personal data of tenants for years (salary statements, social security insurances, health insurances, tax insurances, bank statements). The Berlin Data Commissioner issued a fine of €14,500,000.
Articles Violated
Art. 5 GDPRArt. 25 GDPR
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