Croatian gambling operator gets €2.6m GDPR fine over players’ fingerprint data
( October 2, 2026, 14:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: An unnamed gambling operator was fined nearly €2.6 million by Croatia’s privacy regulator for collecting four fingerprints per casino player for identification without showing that all four were necessary. The regulator found the biometric processing lacked valid consent under the General Data Protection Regulation. It also found that consent forms bundled different purposes and that registration documents gave incomplete information about data use.Statement follows in Croatian. ...
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