fineConcluded€2,750,000
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens — Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst)
December 7, 2021 · Netherlands · Government
The Dutch DPA fined the Tax and Customs Administration for unlawfully processing nationality data and using a self-learning algorithm that disproportionately flagged families with dual nationality as suspected fraud cases in childcare-benefit claims, violating GDPR.
Key takeaway — how to prevent this
AI that denies insurance claims or benefits must preserve meaningful human review of medical necessity; automated mass denials draw bad-faith, breach-of-contract and class-action liability.
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