(Reuters) – The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) claimed on Wednesday it fined Netflix 4.75 million euros ($ 4.98 million) for not appropriately notifying purchasers regarding its use their particular person info in between 2018 and 2020.
The examination, which started in 2019, revealed that “Netflix did not inform customers clearly enough in its privacy statement about what exactly Netflix does with those data,” the DPA claimed in a declaration.
“Furthermore, customers did not receive sufficient information when they asked Netflix which data the company collects about them. These are violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),” the guard canine claimed.
Netflix, which has really on condition that upgraded its private privateness declaration and boosted its data stipulation, challenged the penalty. The streaming titan didn’t reply to an ask for comment.
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(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Makini Brice)
