Communal political association
€3,000
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Decision Date
July 28, 2020
Authority
Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD)
BE
Sector
Public Sector and Education
Country
BE
Law
GDPRStatus
FINALDescription
A local political association has sent out election advertisements to the residents of the municipality for the local elections in 2018. For this purpose, the association used the electoral roll from 2012 and compared it with that of 2018, without a sufficient legal basis and without appropriate information in accordance with Art. 14 GDPR.
Legal Citations
Art. 5Art. 6Art. 14
Issues & Violations
Insufficient legal basis for data processing