1&1 hit with million-euro GDPR fine
Germany’s federal privacy watchdog has handed out one of the largest fines to date to 1&1 Telecommunications for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The firm was fined €9.55m by Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) for failing to put “sufficient technical and organizational measures” in place to protect customer data in its call centers.
press release announcing the fine, Federal Commissioner Ulrich Kelber explained why the privacy watchdog decided to issue such a heavy fine, saying:
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“Data protection is fundamental rights protection. The fines imposed are a clear sign
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