Web Hosting Company 1&1 Fined 9.5 Million Euros for GDPR Violation

📅 December 12, 2019 - Germany's privacy regulator, BfDI, has imposed a 9,550,000 Euro fine on web hosting and telecom company 1&1 Telecom. 1&1 in 2018 had not sufficiently protected customer data from access by unauthorized persons during support services by telephone.

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Company: 1&1 IONOS Germany

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