DIGITAL LAW DEPARTMENT - SPAIN
The Facebook case and the application of the Spanish Personal Data Protection Law
The recent Decision R/01870/2017
ruled by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (known in Spanish as AEPD)
has considered Facebook liable of several personal data protection
breaches, and it has been imposed a significant financial penalty. In
this text we will essentially address the approach supported by the
Decision regarding the territory scope of this rule and regarding
Facebook parent company, the Californian company Facebook, Inc., as
controller.
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