AEPD (Spain) - E/05270/2018 – E/08416/2018

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Revision as of 08:58, 10 November 2021 by FA (talk | contribs) (Such a weird case, wish the Irish DPA did their job better and that we'd know how this happened! The summary was good overall and covered the key facts well, so I only changed some small grammar things and the short summary for the newsletter. Please do use gender neutral pronouns in the future though ('they/them/their'), even if the decision uses 'he' or 'she' :))
AEPD (Spain) - E/05270/2018 – E/08416/2018
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Authority: AEPD (Spain)
Jurisdiction: Spain
Relevant Law: Article 6 GDPR
Article 17 GDPR
Article 56 GDPR
Type: Complaint
Outcome: Other Outcome
Started:
Decided:
Published:
Fine: None
Parties: Facebook
National Case Number/Name: E/05270/2018 – E/08416/2018
European Case Law Identifier: n/a
Appeal: n/a
Original Language(s): Spanish
Original Source: AEPD (in ES)
Initial Contributor: n/a

The Spanish DPA forwarded a complaint by a data subject regarding a public Facebook page that was created without their consent and disclosed their personal data (name, surname, address) to the Irish DPA. When they tried to delete it, the company requested that they prove their identity by providing even more personal data.

English Summary

Facts

A data subject complained because Facebook had opened a public page disclosing their name, surname and address without their consent.

Holding

The Spanish DPA forwarded the complaint to the Irish DPA as the main establishment of Facebook in Europe is in Ireland. The Irish DPC forwarded the complaint to Facebook and mediated to find an amicable solution by which Facebook accepted to delete the account opened on behalf of the complainant. The decision was communicated to the Spanish DPA that forwarded it to the complainant.

Comment

The decision from the Spanish DPA does not explain whether (i) there was any investigation by the Irish DPA on why the page had been opened in the first place, and (ii) how Facebook had access to the data of the complainant.

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English Machine Translation of the Decision

The decision below is a machine translation of the Spanish original. Please refer to the Spanish original for more details.