German Financial Institution Fined 200,000 EUR for Illegal Data Access and Customer Profiling On November 23, 2010, the data protection authority of the German federal state of Hamburg issued a €200,000 fine against financial institution Hamburger Sparkasse AG (“Haspa”) for illegally allowing its customer service representatives access to customers’ bank data, and for profiling its customers. The bank cooperated with the DPA and has discontinued the illegal practices. http://bit.ly/eOhEeo Source: http://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2010/11/articles/european-union-1/german-financial-institution-fined-200000-eur-for-illegal-data-access-and-customer-profiling List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]