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Rewe to fight EUR8 million Austrian fine for loyalty club’s GDPR breaches

By Cynthia Kroet ( January 19, 2022, 11:48 GMT | Insight) -- European grocery giant Rewe will appeal a recent Austrian fine of 8 million euros imposed for privacy violations in a customer loyalty program, a spokesperson told MLex today. The Austrian data protection authority imposed the fine after finding that Rewe's Austrian business didn't inform 2 million customers about the extended use of their data collected by the Jö Bonus Club. The club itself was fined 2 million euros last summer.European grocery giant Rewe will appeal a recent Austrian fine of 8 million euros ($9 million) imposed for privacy violations in a customer loyalty program, a spokesperson told MLex today....

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