The Court of Justice of the European Union fined Spain a lump sum of €15 million, on Thursday 25 February, for failing to transpose the directive (2016/680) protecting personal data in the prevention and detection of criminal offences (case C-658/19).
The Court also imposed on Madrid a daily penalty payment of €89,000 “until the infringement is brought to an end”.
The European Commission had sent Spain a letter of formal notice in July 2018 asking it to communicate the...