14 Nov, 2023 @ 15:01
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Hotel in Spain is fined thousands of euros for scanning the passports of guests

A SPANISH hotel has been fined €2,000 after scanning guest passports at check-in. 

The protocol was deemed to be an ‘excessive processing of personal data’ by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). 

The fine comes after authorities were alerted of the issue by a young couple in May this year. 

The pair were visiting the Torrevieja hotel when they were informed they could not access their accommodation as someone else had used their personal data to check in. 

The hotel then refused to provide the couple with complaint forms. 

According to the AEPD: “The Local Police investigated and found that the client register book had no numerical annotation but was just loose sheets of scanned IDs.”

They added that scanning identification documents such as passports or IDs is not a necessary part of the check in process. 

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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