Article 5 GDPR — enforcement
Cited in 1,886 decisions · €202.4B total fines · median €10,000 · top authority: 🇪🇺Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) (541)
| Date ↓ | Company / party | Authority | Articles | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Azienda Speciale per la Gestione degli Impianti Sportivi del Comune di Trento Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 12Art. 13 | €8,000 |
| 2026-09-02 | AEPD: Canals City Council breached Art. 5(1)(f) GDPR by discarding exam papers unshredded | 🇪🇸 AEPD (Spain) | Art. 51Art. 5 | — |
| 2026-09-01 | Slovenian DPA fines controller €5,320 for leaving employee personal data documents | 🇸🇮 IP (Slovenia) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 32 | €5,320 |
| 2026-08-26 | Italian DPA: Il Fatto Quotidiano must erase data subject's personal data from cable car | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 83 | €23,750 |
| 2026-08-25 | HDPA orders TEIRESIAS S.A. to ensure data accuracy under Art. 5(1)(d) GDPR | 🇬🇷 HDPA (Greece) | Art. 51Art. 5 | — |
| 2026-08-19 | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10266250 | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 12 | €15,300 |
| 2026-08-18 | ANSPDCP (Romania) - AMATO BESTSELLER S.R.L. | 🇷🇴 ANSPDCP (Romania) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 9Art. 324 | €285,395 |
| 2026-08-18 | Austrian DSB: Employee who shared customer's phone number acted as GDPR controller | 🇦🇹 DSB (Austria) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 47 | €1,000 |
| 2026-08-18 | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10273026 | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 851 | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Finnish DPA finds 12-year retention of rental applicant data violates minimisation | 🇫🇮 Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Finland) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 251 | — |
| 2026-08-06 | AMATO BESTSELLER S.R.L Non-compliance with general data processing principles | 🇷🇴 Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) | Art. 32Art. 14Art. 5Art. 9 | €45,000 |
| 2026-08-04 | Finnish DPA examines anti-doping organization's GDPR compliance over public suspension | 🇫🇮 Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Finland) | Art. 22Art. 2Art. 51Art. 5 | — |
| 2026-07-28 | HDPA (Greece) - 15/2026 | 🇬🇷 HDPA (Greece) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 283Art. 28 | €200,000,150,000 |
| 2026-07-24 | HDPA (Greece) - 33/2020 | 🇬🇷 HDPA (Greece) | Art. 47Art. 4Art. 5Art. 12 | €2,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 556/2026 | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 52Art. 5Art. 24Art. 28 | €9,516,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | TIM S.p.A. Non-compliance with general data processing principles | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 7Art. 15 | €9,516,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Emiglia-Romagna Regional Employment Agency Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 9 | €30,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Bologna University Hospital IRCCS Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 9 | €10,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Monza and Brianza Local Education Authority Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6 | €10,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Municipality of Terralba Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 24Art. 25 | €8,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Top Secrert Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l. Non-compliance with general data processing principles | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 13 | €6,500 |
| 2026-07-23 | Ancel Keys Comprehensive School Castelnuovo Cilento Insufficient legal basis for data processing | 🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) | Art. 5Art. 6Art. 9 | €2,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 577/2026 | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 25 | — |
| 2026-07-22 | Finnish DPA: requesting address, ID number and strong authentication for access request | 🇫🇮 Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Finland) | Art. 51Art. 5Art. 122Art. 12 | — |
| 2026-07-20 | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10254256 | 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) | Art. 49Art. 4Art. 410Art. 415 | €12,000 |