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Spanish Data Protection Agency imposes 30,000 fine on viral marketing campaign

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • November 13 2009

On 24 September 2009, the Spanish Data Protection Agency imposed a 30,000 fine on Tick Tack Ticket, a leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, for sending commercial communications on the internet to 40,000 recipients without their consent

Publication of students' photographs on schools' websites constitutes disclosure of personal data

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The Spanish Data Protection Agency has determined that publication on a school's website of students' photographs constitutes a disclosure of personal data and is subject to data protection regulations

The Spanish Data Protection Agency publishes guidelines to encourage users’ responsibility

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • March 22 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) published a series of guidelines and practical recommendations on protecting personal data on the internet

Data Protection Agency clarifies the conditions for an employer to lawfully access an employee's office computer

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • August 3 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) has recently adopted a Resolution where it deemed lawful an employer's access to an employee's office computer when there was prior information of such employer access in an internal company policy

Spanish High Court overturns sanction imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • June 1 2010

The Spanish High Court has overturned a fine imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) on a law firm

National High Court permits banks to process personal data based on the tacit consent of the data subjects

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • April 26 2010

The Spanish National High Court has declared that it is not mandatory to obtain either the express or written consent of the data subjects to open a bank account under article 6.1 of the Spanish Data Protection Act

Social networking site increases minimum age requirement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • April 26 2010

Upon the request of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA), Facebook has increased the minimum age requirement for users of Facebook from 13 to 14 so as to comply with Spanish data protection regulations which provide that data subjects must be at least 14 years old to consent to the processing of data related to them

Spanish Senate offers unanimous support for motion on "international privacy standards"

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • June 15 2010

On 28 April 2010, the Spanish Senate, through a motion presented by the Popular Party, agreed to urge the Spanish Government to support the promotion and use of the proposed international privacy standards (also known as the Madrid Resolution), which was adopted by the 31st Data Protection Authorities International Conference

Employee geolocalisation

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • November 2 2010

According to Article 2 of Directive 200258EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications, "location data" means any data processed in an electronic communications network, indicating the geographic position of the terminal equipment of a user of a publicly available electronic communications service

Spanish Data Protection Agency investigates hospitals

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • May 5 2010

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (SDPA) has initiated an investigation to examine whether hospitals in Spain comply with data protection regulations, especially with those regarding the security and confidentiality of health-related information and how the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and objection of patients are attended to