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Groupon Ireland Operations Limited

DPC (Ireland) case IN-20-37-1, decided . No monetary penalty.

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What the regulator decided

Groupon demanded photographic government-issued identification to verify the identity of a complainant who had requested access and erasure, despite less intrusive alternatives being available, breaching the data-minimisation principle in Article 5(1)(c) GDPR; Groupon also continued to process the complainant's personal data after the erasure request without a valid Article 6(1) basis, breaching Article 17(1) GDPR.

ConsentMark interpretation

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Reprimand under Article 58(2)(b) GDPR; no administrative fine. Cite alongside the Twitter IN-19-6-1 reprimand for the principle that identity verification must be proportionate - a controller cannot collect more personal data than necessary as a precondition to honouring an Article 15 or Article 17 request.

Verification trail

Checked against the primary source on 27th May 2026. Next review 27th November 2026.

Cite this case
BibTeX
@misc{consentmark-precedent-dpc-in-20-37-1,
  author       = {{ConsentMark}},
  year         = {2024},
  title        = {DPC (Ireland) IN-20-37-1 - Groupon Ireland Operations Limited},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-20-37-1}},
  note         = {ConsentMark methodology v7.8.1}
}
APA
ConsentMark. (2024, March 8). DPC (Ireland) IN-20-37-1 - Groupon Ireland Operations Limited. Methodology v7.8.1. https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-20-37-1
Markdown
[DPC (Ireland) IN-20-37-1 - Groupon Ireland Operations Limited - ConsentMark](https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-20-37-1)
Plain text
DPC (Ireland) IN-20-37-1 - Groupon Ireland Operations Limited - ConsentMark, 2024-03-08, methodology v7.8.1, https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-20-37-1