Facts: Advertising calls after alleged participation in “Internet sweepstakes
The later plaintiff is active in the field of insurance brokerage, investment and financing and had a call center conduct telephone advertising calls. A couple complained about this to the competent data protection authority. In a statement, the later plaintiff stated that the telephone number called had previously been entered on a website in the course of a lottery participation. By going through a so-called “double opt-in procedure” in full, they had given their consent to the advertising calls. The authority issued an order to restrict processing and delete the personal data pursuant to Article 58 (2) of the GDPR, which was confirmed first by the Saarlouis Administrative Court and then by the Saarland Higher Administrative Court.