Spain’s Data Protection Agency warns polling supervisors of fines of up to €300,000

Spain’s Data Protection Agency has joined the efforts to prevent the October 1 referendum from taking place. The agency warned all citizens appointed as polling supervisors in Sunday’s referendum that they may incur fines of between €40,000 and €300,000 each for assisting in the vote. According to the agency, using or transferring the list of voters provided by the Catalan government could be a violation of Spanish law.

“If in the vote planned for October 1 polling supervisors are given a copy of the so-called Catalan list of voters, they will not be able to use this data as members of an electoral body or as an individual,” Spain’s Data Protection Agency said.