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1 & 1 Telecom fined $10.6M for GDPR violations; company fights back
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-12-11T15:47:00
A German federal privacy watchdog has fined 1 & 1 Telecom €9.55 million (U.S. $10.6 million) for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, but the company says it won’t accept the penalty.
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