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Article 5 GDPR — enforcement

Cited in 1,893 decisions · €202.4B total fines · median €10,000 · top authority: 🇪🇺Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd) (541)

Date ↓ Company / party Authority Articles Fine
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
2026-07-18 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 471/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 5Art. 51Art. 51Art. 6 €20,000
2026-07-17 AEPD (Spain) - EXP202103746 🇪🇸 AEPD (Spain) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 12Art. 15 —
2026-07-17 APDCAT sanctions Madremanya City Council for inadequate redaction of sensitive data in 🇪🇸 APDCAT (Catalonia) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 31 —
2026-07-16 AEPD (Spain) - PS-00020-2025 🇪🇸 AEPD (Spain) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 35Art. 582 €200,000
2026-07-16 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10128005 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 51 €50,000
2026-07-16 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10192784 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 1Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51 €16,000
2026-07-16 AEPD (Spain) - EXP202102529 🇪🇸 AEPD (Spain) Art. 415Art. 4Art. 51Art. 5 —
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 NIER Ingeriegna S.p.A. SB
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 32 €120,000
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
2026-07-14 La Terrazza
Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5Art. 6Art. 13 €700
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 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 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 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 484/2026 🇮🇹 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) Art. 51Art. 5Art. 51Art. 51 €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
2026-07-03 Società Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A.
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
🇮🇹 Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) Art. 5 €23,750