GDPR 5 years on: Spain, Ireland lead in issuing fines; Meta hit hardest

Five years ago – May 12, 2018, in fact – the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission fined a domestic bank €500 (US$536) for calling a client about the unpaid bills of neighbor.

The client invoked the right to be forgotten but did not respond, and an action under a new European Union law was initiated.

It was the first time the General Data Protection Regulation had been invoked.

Ultimately, the commission found that the bank had not gotten consent to …

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