It says it identified two serious infringements and one very serious infringement of data protection law — with the total sanction breaking down to €300,000 for each of the first breaches and €600,000 for the second.
Therefore, the AEPD considers that the personal data of the users are not canceled in full or when they are no longer useful for the purpose for which they were collected or when the user explicitly requests their removal, according to the requirements of the LOPD [local data protection law], which represents a serious infringement," it said.
As regards the general data protection directive, the Commission has launched infringement procedures against six Member States.
Questions will include: "How should drone regulation tackle potential infringements in relation to data protection and privacy?" Privacy issues have, until recently, played a major role in stalling the greater professional adoption of drones in the US.
And the Europe Parliament is in the midst of reworking the bloc's data protection rules — with larger penalties for privacy infringements likely coming down the pipe.
Data protection legislation is not about protecting data; its about protecting people.
With regard to the telecom data protection directive, the Commission has also opened infringement proceedings against six Member States.
The EU now has an infringement action before the European Court of Justice on the independence of the data protection officer.
A spokesperson told us: "We are confident that our Data Protection Bill will provide consumers with the necessary protections when there's been an infringement of their rights regarding personal data.
At the moment, the European Court of Justice has before it an infringement action brought by the European Commission that challenges the Hungarian government's firing of the previous data protection ombudsman, but the decision has not been announced.
