Police department
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Dato for beslutning
1. januar 2021
Myndighet
Data Protection Authority of Brandenburg
DE
Sektor
Public Sector and Education
Land
DE
Lov og rett
GDPRStatus
FINALBeskrivelse
A police officer had unlawfully disclosed personal data of a drunk driving incident to the offender's mother during a chance encounter. He thought that the mother, as his employer, could prevent a repeat offense by withdrawing the offender's car. However, the mother constitutes an unauthorized third party, meaning that the police officer was not allowed to disclose the information. For this reason, the DPA of Brandenburg imposed a fine for a violation of § 32 (1) BbgDSG. The Brandenburg Data Protection Act (BbgDSG) sets out the supplementary regulations necessary to adapt the GDPR.