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Article 12 GDPR — enforcement

Cited in 497 decisions · €1.7B total fines · median €12,000 · top authority: 🇪🇺Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) (155)

Date ↓ Company / party Authority Articles Fine
2026-07-17 AEPD (Spain) - EXP202103746 🇪🇸 AEPD (Spain) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 12Art. 15 —
2026-07-14 Garante fines Lusha Systems Inc. over unauthorized B2B contact database 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 32Art. 3Art. 32Art. 51 €2,000,000
2026-07-14 Municipality of Rieti
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 24Art. 25 €6,000
2026-07-09 ANSPDCP (Romania) - Fine against Ascendex Technology SRL 🇷🇴 ANSPDCP (Romania) Art. 423Art. 4Art. 121Art. 12 €57,839
2026-07-03 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 483/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 13Art. 14 €5,800,000
2026-07-03 Hera Comm S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 14 €5,800,000
2026-07-03 EstEnergy S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 14 €1,400,000
2026-07-03 Cerved Group S.p.A.
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 15 €400,000
2026-07-03 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 487/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 32Art. 3Art. 52Art. 5 €158,000
2026-07-03 Character Technologies Inc.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 14 €158,000
2026-07-03 Experian Italia S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 15Art. 25 €120,000
2026-07-01 Ascendex Technology SRL
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇷🇴 Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) Art. 12Art. 17 €11,000
2026-06-18 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 476/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 123Art. 12Art. 17Art. 6 €460,000
2026-06-18 Acquirente Unico S.p.A.
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 12Art. 16Art. 28 €90,000
2026-06-18 Enna Provincial Health Authority
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 10Art. 12 €20,000
2026-06-18 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 457/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 61 €5,000
2026-06-18 Edizioni Grandangolo di Giuseppe Castaldo
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 24 €2,075
2026-06-12 Market-In
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇬🇷 Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 15 €95,000
2026-06-12 MEDE S.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇬🇷 Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 15 €65,000
2026-06-11 Green Partner S.r.l.s.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12 €15,300
2026-06-08 Municipality of Vasto
Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 13Art. 35 €5,000
2026-06-05 ZeniΘ (Thessaloniki-Thessalia Gas Supply Company S.A.)
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇬🇷 Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 15Art. 28 €100,000
2026-06-01 Elkjøp AS
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇳🇴 Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12 €1,820,000
2026-05-29 IndaNext Hungary Kft. (legal successor of Blikk Kft.)
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇭🇺 Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH) Art. 6Art. 9Art. 12 €70,518
2026-05-29 Blikk Kft.
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇭🇺 Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH) Art. 6Art. 9Art. 12 €70,300