Dutch Court Annuls the Fine imposed by the Dutch Data Protection Authority on an Amateur Football Streaming Service

In the Netherlands, an amateur football streaming service, VoetbalTV, has won an important legal battle against the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP). The AP had imposed a fine of EUR 575,000 on VoetbalTV, which was annulled by the District Court Midden-Nederland (Court) on 23 November 2020. The reason for this is that the AP had applied an incorrect interpretation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The AP had incorrectly assumed that a purely commercial interest can never qualify as a legitimate interest ground for the purposes of data processing under the GDPR.

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Source: Football Legal #14 - December 2020, p. 256-259.