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 |