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ETid-3173: GDPR fine against Société Wallonne des Eaux (Belgium, 2026)
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Belgian water utility Société Wallonne des Eaux fined €86,000 for recording customer calls without adequate legal basis, employee consent, or data processing agreements. The case highlights enforcement risk for any organisation collecting voice data for quality assurance or training without proper transparency, contracts, and breach notification.
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If your product records customer calls or employee interactions for quality or training—even with internal blessing—you need explicit legal basis, signed processor contracts, and breach notification procedures in place before your first recording. Belgium just fined a public utility €86,000 for skipping all three; that fine scales with your revenue, and your customers are watching.
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