The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed a €525,000 fine on Locatefamily.com for failure to comply with the obligation imposed under Article 27 of the EU GDPR to appoint a representative in the EU. Locatefamily.com is an online platform that publishes the contact details of individuals. According to the Dutch DPA, individuals did not register for the online platform and did not know how their personal information was on the platform. The Dutch DPA, who had received numerous complaints from individuals, found that the online platform failed to comply with data erasure requests. It also found that the online platform did not have establishments in the EU and did not appoint a representative, making it difficult for data subjects to exercise their data protection rights.
