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EDPB - Binding Decision 1/2026 On 10 August 2021, a data subject represented by noyb lodged a complaint with the Austrian DPA against Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), the controller. The… Binding Decision 1/2026 ·European Union ·Art. 4, 57, 60 +3 Cookies Supervisory Authorities Telecommunications May 28, 2026

€100M Ridetech International B.V.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP) fined Ridetech International B.V. €100,000,000 on 2026-04-01 for: Insufficient legal basis for data processing. The Netherlands ·AP ·Art. 5, 44, 46 Processing Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Apr 1, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Veenendaal: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Veenendaal. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Delft: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Delft. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Hilversum: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Hilversum. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Eindhoven: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Eindhoven. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Ede: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Ede. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Controllers Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Gooise Meren: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Gooise Meren. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Haarlemmermeer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Huizen: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Huizen. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Zoetermeer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Zoetermeer. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Controllers Feb 3, 2026

€25,000 Municipality of Tilburg: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Tilburg. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 6, 9 Political Opinions Health Data Public Authority Feb 3, 2026

€175,000 Arnhem and Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 175,000 on Arnhem and Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences. The controller suffered a data breach due to insufficient technical and… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Security Education Dec 15, 2025

€2.7M Experian Nederland B.V.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,700,000 on Experian Nederland B.V. The controller, a company that determines individuals' creditworthiness and sells this information,… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Controllers Personal Data Processing Oct 16, 2025

€40,000 Coolblue B.V: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of €40,000 on Coolblue. The company collected personal data via cookies without users' explicit consent, relying on pre-ticked consent boxes. THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6 Cookies Consent Processing Agreement Dec 23, 2024

€4.8M Netflix International B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 4.75 million on Netflix. This fine is based on a complaint filed by the Austrian organization 'noyb'. During its investigation, the DPA… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +1 Personal Data Telecommunications Processing Nov 26, 2024

€6,000 Ambitious People Group B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on the recruitment company Ambitious People Group B.V. . The controller had not deleted the data of data subjects after they had… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12, 17 Controllers Personal Data Data Controller Jun 4, 2024

€50,000 A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 600,000 on A.S. Watson Health & Beauty Continental Europe B.V.. The controller had tracked visitors to their drugstore website… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5 Cookies Controllers Personal Data May 2, 2024

€150,000 International Card Services B.V.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 150,000 on International Card Services B.V. (ICS). ICS failed to carry out a data protection impact assessment before starting the digital… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 35 DPIA Privacy Impact Assessment Security Jan 15, 2024

€10M Uber Technologies Inc. Uber B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA has fined Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. EUR 10 million for failing to provide sufficient information about the storage period of European drivers' data and… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12, 13 Employees Personal Data Processing Agreement Dec 11, 2023

€30,000 Voorschoten municipality: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 30,000 on Voorschoten municipality. The municipality had kept information about household waste for longer than necessary and had not… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6, 14 Personal Data Public Authority Education Nov 2, 2023

€150,000 Dutch Social Insurance Institution (SVB): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 150,000 on the Dutch Social Insurance Institution (SVB). The controller had suffered a data breach in which a client's data had been leaked… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Security Education Jan 19, 2023

€3.7M Dutch Tax and Customs Administration: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,7 million on the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration. This is the highest fine ever imposed by the Dutch DPA As part of its… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6, 32 +1 Retention Period Security Storage Limitation Apr 7, 2022

€565,000 Dutch Foreign Ministry: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 565,000 on the Dutch Foreign Ministry. As part of its investigation, the DPA found that the National Visa Information System (NVIS)… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 13, 32 Security Public Authority Education Feb 24, 2022

€525,000 DPG Media Magazines B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on DPG Media Magazines B.V. The DPA had received several complaints regarding the way the controller handled requests from… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12 Controllers Personal Data Data Controller Jan 14, 2022

EDPS - 2020-1013 In January 2021, noyb filed a complaint against the European Parliament on behalf of six Members of the European Parliament over an internal coronavirus testing website. The… 2020-1013 ·European Union ·Art. 6, 13 Controllers Legitimate Interest Monitoring Jan 5, 2022

€2.8M Dutch Minister of Finance: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined the Minister of Finance EUR 2,75 million. In the context of childcare benefit applications, tax offices had processed data on the dual nationality of… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6, 8 IP Address Personal Data Processing Nov 25, 2021

€400,000 Transavia: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA has fined airline Transavia EUR 400,000. In 2019, the airline suffered a data breach, in which a hacker gained access to Transavia's systems through two accounts… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Access Controls Security Nov 12, 2021

€450,000 UWV (Dutch employee insurance service provider): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined UWV (the Dutch employee insurance service provider - 'Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen) EUR 450,000. The UWV had not properly secured the… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Security Insurance Healthcare May 31, 2021

€750,000 TikTok: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined the video portal TikTok EUR 750,000 for violating the privacy of young children. The information that Dutch users - mostly young children - received… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12 Minors Social Media Personal Data Apr 9, 2021

€600,000 Municipality of Enschede: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined the municipality of Enschede EUR 600,000. In 2017, the municipality decided to install special measurement boxes to measure crowds in the city center… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6 IP Address Education Cookies Mar 11, 2021

€440,000 OLVG: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) imposed a fine of EUR 440,000 on the Amsterdam hospital OLVG. The controller had taken insufficient measures between 2018 and 2020 to prevent access by… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Healthcare Healthcare Health Data Feb 11, 2021

€12,000 Orthodontic Clinic: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) has fined an orthodontic clinic EUR 12,000. The web form that new patients used to sign up contained mandatory fields for all sorts of patient personal data.… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Encryption Healthcare Security Feb 4, 2021

€525,000 Locatefamily.com: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch DPA (AP) has imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on Locatefamily.com. Locatefamily.com is a platform where people can search for the contact information of family members they… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 27 Representatives IP Address Personal Data Dec 20, 2020

€475,000 Booking.com B.V.: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Dutch DPA (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) has fined Booking.com EUR 475,000 for not reporting a data breach to the DPA in a timely manner. In December 2018, criminals gained… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Notified Body Reporting and Notification Obligations Dec 10, 2020

€830,000 Bureau Krediet Registration ('BKR'): Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights BKR had required the payment of a fee when individuals requested access to their personal data and only provided access to their data once a year free of charge by post. THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 12, 15 Personal Data Insurance Supervisory Authorities Jul 6, 2020

€7,500 PVV Overijssel: Insufficient fulfilment of data breach notification obligations The Dutch DPA (AP) fined the Overijssel local branch of the PVV party EUR 7,500 for failing to notify the AP of a personal data breach, in violation of Art. 33 GDPR. An email… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 33 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Article 19 GDPR - Notification of Rectification, Erasure or Restriction Jun 16, 2020

€725,000 Unknown Organisation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The organisation had required its staff to have their fingerprints scanned to record attendance. However, as the decision of the data protection authority stated, the organisation… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 9 Consent Biometric Data Personal Data Apr 30, 2020

€15,000 CP&A: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Dutch DPA (AP) has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on CP&A. The controller had documented both the causes of illness and specific complaints of the data subjects as part of the… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 9, 32 Health Data Healthcare Access Controls Mar 24, 2020

€525,000 Royal Dutch Tennis Association ('KNLTB'): Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined the Royal Dutch Tennis Association ('KNLTB') with EUR 525,000 for selling the personal data of more than 350,000 of its members to… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5, 6 Legitimate Interest Controllers Marketing Mar 3, 2020

€900,000 UWV (Dutch employee insurance service provider): Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security As the UWV (the Dutch employee insurance service provider - 'Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen') did not use multi-factor authentication when accessing the online… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Access Controls Security Health Data Oct 31, 2019

€50,000 Menzis (Health Insurance Company): Non-compliance with general data processing principles Marketing staff had access to patient data. Among other things, this violated the purpose limitation principle. THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 5 Insurance Health Data Healthcare Oct 31, 2019

€350,000 Haga Hospital: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Original Fine Summary: The Haga Hospital does not have a proper internal security of patient records in place. This is the conclusion of an investigation by the Dutch Data… THE NETHERLANDS ·AP ·Art. 32 Healthcare Health Data Healthcare Jun 18, 2019