A German appeals court has slashed by 90% a fine levied by the nation’s federal privacy watchdog against 1&1 Telecom over call center data protection shortcomings. Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, or BfDI, announced a fine of 9.6 million euros ($11.3 million) – at the time, the second-largest privacy fine ever announced in Germany. The fine was announced in December 2019, but the fine was reduced to 900,000 euros ($1 million) A district court in Bonn on Wednesday ruled that the penalty should be reduced to $1 million.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/german-court-slashes-gdpr-privacy-fine-by-90-a-15359