
The European Data Protection Board agreed on May 24, 2023 the Guidelines 04/2022, on the calculation of administrative fines according to the RGPD, with the aim of harmonizing the methodology used by the control authorities in the time to set the amount of the fines.
In this context, the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) has published a resolution to publicize this document and, in addition, determines that the amount of the fines imposed in the sanctioning procedures resolved in the APDCAT must be calculated according to the circumstances of the particular case, taking into account these guidelines.
The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) has published a new resolution, which determines that the calculation of the amount of fines imposed in resolved sanctioning procedures will be done in accordance with the circumstances of the specific case, taking into account account the Directives 04/2022 of the European Data Protection Board