Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, fined perfume chain Douglas Italia 1.4 million euros for data protection violations. The Garante said the company maintained data of more than 3 million customers without requesting consent for processing. In addition to the fine, the company is required to adopt compliance measures regarding data retention times and data processing for marketing and profiling purposes, and must delete data from the past 10 years.
30 Nov. 2022