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title: Austrian Post fined €18,000,000
description: On October 23, 2019 The Austrian Post was fined €18M for failing to comply with articles 5 and 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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# Austrian Post fined €18,000,000

By [Cipher Octopus](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/author/strongkey) December 16, 2019 [GDPR and CCPA](https://blog.strongkey.com/gdpr-fines/tag/gdpr-and-ccpa)

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#### **Location of Reported GDPR Violation:**

![](https://blog.strongkey.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-7.png?width=29&name=image-7.png) Austria

#### **Articles Violated:**

- [**Article 5 (1) a**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-5-gdpr/): *Created profiles of more than three million Austrians, which included information about their home addresses, personal preferences, habits and possible party affinity.*
- [**Article 6**](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/): *These records were* *subsequently resold, for example to political parties and companies.*

*Source: [enforcementtracker.com](http://enforcementtracker.com/)*

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