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Germany BfDI (Germany) - 4/2021 Facts — Both of the TKG and TMG are fundamental for the electronic communication and there are many regulations still written in both laws that are only partially or not valid at… Jul 17, 2026
€118 DUITSLAND, DPA: Onvoldoende juridische basis voor gegevensverwerking. 118 euro boete - Autoriteit voor gegevensbescherming van Saarland. Dec 30, 2025
€300 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Unlawful use of a dashcam Dec 30, 2025
€118 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Illegal disclosure of personal data relating to a third party. Dec 30, 2025
€50 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Unlawful use of a dashcam Dec 30, 2025
€600 GERMANY DPA: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Unlawful use of a dashcam Dec 30, 2025
HmbBfDI · €492,000 Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 492,000 on a company in the finance sector. The controller used automated systems to decide whether to approve a credit application,… Sep 30, 2025
HmbBfDI · €492,000 Bedrijf: Niet-naleving van algemene principes voor gegevensverwerking. 492.000 euro boete - Autoriteit voor gegevensbescherming van Hamburg (HmbBfDI). Sep 30, 2025
HmbBfDI · €195,000 Bedrijf: Onvoldoende naleving van de rechten van betrokkenen (betreffende hun persoonsgegevens). 195.000 euro boete - Autoriteit voor gegevensbescherming van Hamburg (HmbBfDI). Sep 30, 2025
HmbBfDI · €195,000 Company: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 195,000 on a company. The controller was active in direct marketing via post and failed to adequately respond to requests from data… Sep 30, 2025
€3,500 Police Officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Baden-Württemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 3,500 on a police officer. The controller systematically accessed the police database for private purposes, using it to rate… Mar 7, 2025
€900,000 Debt collection service provider: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on a debt collection service provider. The company had unlawfully stored personal data (amounting to a six-digit number of… Nov 12, 2024
€3,300 Doctor´s Office: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 3,300 on a doctor´s office. While responding to negative Google reviews, the controller revealed health data about the reviewers. Jan 1, 2024
Multiple Police Officers: Data Protection Authority of Berlin The DPA of Berlin imposed fined 23 police officers. The police officers misused their access to the police information system for private purposes. Jan 1, 2024
€60,000 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Berlin imposed a fine of EUR 60,000 on a healthcare company. The company offers practice management software that includes a patient communication portal with… Jan 1, 2024
Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine on a company due to technical security vulnerabilities in its support ticket systems. Jan 1, 2024
€2,500 Doctor´s Office: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 2,500 on a doctor´s office. The controller hired an office manager who worked partly from home. The manager worked with patient files,… Jan 1, 2024
Police employees: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed two fines on members of the police for accessing police databases for private research purposes. Jan 1, 2024
€10,000 Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on a company. The controller used data for marketing purposes without a legal basis. The company obtained the data through… Jan 1, 2024
€32,000 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 32,000 on a logistics company for incorrectly disposing of delivery lists. Jan 1, 2024
€16,000 Freelancer: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 16,000 on a freelancer. The controller operates a website without a privacy policy. The DPA contacted the controller, ordering him to… Jan 1, 2024
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine on a private individual for recording a video of their neighbor in the bathroom without their consent. Jan 1, 2024
€16,000 Hotel: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 16,000 on a hotel for processing ID card data without a legal basis. Jan 1, 2024
€41 GERMANY DPA: €41 fine The DPA of Hessen has imposed fines totaling EUR 13,486 on 41 data controllers. In its 2024 activity report, the DPA of Hesse reported a total of 47 fines that year. Six of these… Jan 1, 2024
€120,000 Company: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The DPA from Saxony has fined a company EUR 120,000 for failing to provide information requested by the DPA during an investigation. Jan 1, 2024
€22,080 Company: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The DPA from Saxony has fined a company EUR 22,080 for failing to sufficiently cooperate with the DPA during an investigation. Jan 1, 2024
€496,000 Company: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 496,000 on a company. The DPA identified several GDPR violations, including transmitting customer data to the incorrect recipient and… Jan 1, 2024
€6,000 Online retailer: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on an online retailer for failing to report a data breach in a timely manner. Jan 1, 2024
Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a fine on a company due to technical security vulnerabilities in its support ticket systems. Jan 1, 2024
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed five fines of private individuals for taking or storing photos of individuals without their consent. Jan 1, 2024
€11,500 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg imposed a fine of EUR 11,500 on a company operating in the advertising industry for failing to comply with its deletion obligations. In addition, it was found… Jan 1, 2024
€3,700 Doctor´s Office: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 3,700 on a doctor´s office. While responding to negative Google reviews, the controller revealed health data about the reviewers. Jan 1, 2024
€300,000 Deutsche Kreditbank: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The DPA of Berlin has imposed a fine of EUR 300,000 on Deutsche Kreditbank. A customer had filed a complaint with the DPA. The customer had submitted an application for a credit… May 31, 2023
Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine on a company. The controller had stored the contact details of former employees without their prior consent in order to contact them in the… Jan 1, 2023
Website operator: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed five fines on website operators for using the tracking tool 'Google Analytics' without the prior consent of website users. Jan 1, 2023
€16,600 Company: €16,600 fine The DPA of Niedersachsen has imposed a fine of EUR 16,600 on a company in the real estate industry for failing to conclude a joint controllership agreement. In addition, the… Jan 1, 2023
Physician: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Bavaria has imposed a fine in the four figure range on a physician. The physician had responded to an online review regarding their practice, disclosing personal health… Jan 1, 2023
Daycare center: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg has imposed a four-figure fine on a daycare center that had disposed of documents containing personal data of children and their parents in a publicly… Jan 1, 2023
Clinic: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine on a clinic for transmitting an unredacted treatment report on the psychiatric treatment of the data subject to an accident insurance fund… Jan 1, 2023
€9,000 Magdeburg University Hospital: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The DPA of Sachsen-Anhalt has imposed a fine of EUR 9,000 on Magdeburg University Hospital. The clinic had failed to report to the DPA a data breach involving a former employee… Jan 1, 2023
€75,000 Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The DPA of Hamburg imposed a fine of EUR 75,000 on a company. An employee had lodged a complaint with the DPA due to the fact that they had to report their sickness-related… Jan 1, 2023
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Unlawful use of a dashcam Jan 1, 2023
Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine on a company. The controller had installed video cameras in the offices and monitored employees before, during and after their working hours… Jan 1, 2023
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Brandenburg has imposed a three-figure fine on six private individuals. The individuals, who worked in a hospital, had accessed the medical records of a colleague who… Jan 1, 2023
€1,200 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 1,200 on a police officer. The officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes without a valid… Jan 1, 2023
€2,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 2,000 on a clinic employee. The employee had unlawfully accessed a patient administration system in order to find out more… Jan 1, 2023
Police officers: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed ten fines between EUR 100 and EUR 1,000 on police officers for unlawfully accessing police databases. Jan 1, 2023
€215,000 Humboldt Forum Service GmbH: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Berlin has imposed fines totaling EUR 215,000 on Humboldt Forum Service GmbH. Humboldt Forum had improperly documented sensitive information about individual employees… Jan 1, 2023
Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA in Baden-Wuerttemberg imposed a fine on a private individual for installing a motion tracker on the data subject's car without their consent. Jan 1, 2023
Private individual: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA of Bavaria has imposed a fine on a private individual. The individual, who was employed in a store, had contacted a customer, who had provided their contact details for… Jan 1, 2023