Bill Toulas reports:
Experian Netherlands has been fined EUR 2.7 million ($3.2 million) for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says that the credit and analytics services company used improperly personal data collected from multiple sources, both public and private, and did not inform customers.
Experian is one of the world’s largest credit reporting and data analytics companies, operating in more than 40 countries, helping banks and lenders evaluate the risk of doing business with certain individuals and organizations.
The firm also sells data protection and credit monitoring services, and is often contracted by companies that suffer a data breach to help protect their clients and mitigate potential financial risks that could result from the exposure.
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