Region: Romania

Software provider UiPath will challenge a 346,598 lei (around €70,000) fine issued by Romania’s data protection authority, following a breach that disclosed more than half a million users’ personal data.

22 August 2023

A Romanian court has asked the European Court of Justice to clarify data protection authorities' obligations to analyse and explain their decisions when imposing a fine.

21 March 2023

Companies need to be able to demonstrate that individuals have actively consented to data collection, the European Court of Justice has found – concluding that Orange Romania could not properly obtain consent through pre-ticked boxes.

11 November 2020

An Irish court will hear allegations that Ryanair’s attempt to block a Romanian company from scraping its data constitutes an abuse of the airline’s dominant position.

29 June 2020

Work continued apace across the continent over the past two weeks as data regulators issued fines, warnings and guidance – often focusing on coronavirus-linked data protection concerns.

22 June 2020

A European Court of Justice advocate-general has said Orange Romania could not use pre-ticked boxes to obtain permission to collect and store data.

05 March 2020

Romania’s data regulator has fined Raiffeisen Bank and Vreau Credit after the credit rating agency leaked personal data to the bank.

14 October 2019

Romania’s data regulator has fined the operator of a legal blog €3,000 after files containing customer details were made publicly available online.

15 July 2019

Romania’s data regulator has fined the operator of World Trade Center Bucharest €15,000 after customer information appeared online.

08 July 2019

Romania’s data regulator has fined UniCredit Bank €130,000 for disclosing payer data, including personal identification numbers.

05 July 2019