publishable_fr_2019-09_right_to_erasure_summarypublic.pdf

Summary Final Decision Art 60
Complaint

No violation

Background information
Date of final decision: 29 August 2019
LSA: FR
CSAs: BE
Legal Reference: Right to erasure (Article 17), Right to object (Article 21)

Decision: No violation
Key words: Right to erasure, Right to object, Anonymisation

Summary of the Decision

Origin of the case
In a complaint filed with the CSA, the complainant alleged that personal data in her email correspondence with the controller was published on the controller’s website without her consent.

Findings
After communicating with the LSA, the controller took action to anonymise the complainant’s first and last names from the correspondence.

Decision
The LSA invited the controller to anonymise the copies of all the letters published on its website.

No further action towards the controller was taken.


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