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Article 16 GDPR — enforcement

Cited in 16 decisions · €22.6M total fines · median €20,000 · top authority: 🇪🇺Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) (9)

Date ↓ Company / party Authority Articles Fine
2025-09-11 Comune di Nichelino
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12Art. 16 €18,000
2025-09-11 Comune di Nichelino
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12Art. 16 €18,000
2025-04-29 Energia Verde S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12 €100,000
2025-04-29 Energia Verde S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12 €100,000
2025-04-02 Hospital
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇲🇹 Data Protection Commissioner of Malta Art. 5Art. 6Art. 14Art. 16 €20,000
2024-06-20 Fastweb S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12 €1,000,000
2024-05-23 Azienda Socio-sanitaria Territoriale Rhodense
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 12Art. 16 €4,500
2024-01-01 Company
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇪🇺 Lithuanian Data Protection Authority (VDAI) Art. 5Art. 15Art. 16 €12,000
2023-08-31 Mednow Medical Center di Giugni Marco
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 9Art. 12Art. 15 €10,000
2023-05-17 Website operator
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12Art. 13 €60,000
2022-11-02 CAIXABANK S.A.
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇪🇺 Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) Art. 16 €25,000
2022-05-18 Clearview Al Inc.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Information Commissioner (ICO) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 9Art. 14 €9,000,000
2021-09-15 Société nouvelle de l’annuaire français
Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
🇪🇺 French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) Art. 16Art. 17Art. 30Art. 31 €3,000
2020-11-12 Vodafone Italia S.p.A.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 15 €12,251,601
2020-01-01 CZECH REPUBLIC DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Czech Data Protection Auhtority (UOOU) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12Art. 15 €19,200
2020-01-01 Ski rental company
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
🇪🇺 Czech Data Protection Auhtority (UOOU) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12