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€72,000 AEPD sanctions Tiger Media Inc. for installing advertising cookies without user consent Tiger Media Inc., the controller, operated an advertising platform for publishers and advertisers of adult products and services. The platform acted as an ad network, connecting… Spain ·Art. 6, 27 Legitimate Interest Cookies Marketing Nov 14, 2025
€150M INFINITE STYLES SERVICES CO. LIMITED: Onvoldoende juridische basis voor de verwerking van persoonsgegevens. 150 miljoen euro boete - Franse Autoriteit voor Gegevensbescherming (CNIL). FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Cookies Personal Data Processing NL Sep 1, 2025
€150M INFINITE STYLES SERVICES CO. LIMITED: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 150,000,000 on INFINITE STYLES SERVICES CO. LIMITED, which operates under the name 'SHEIN'. The controller used cookies unlawfully on its… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Cookies Controllers Processing Agreement Sep 1, 2025
€125M GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED: Onvoldoende juridische basis voor de verwerking van gegevens. 125.000.000 euro boete - Franse Autoriteit voor Gegevensbescherming (CNIL). FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Marketing Consent Cookies NL Sep 1, 2025
€200M GOOGLE LLC: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 200,000,000 on GOOGLE LLC. While creating an account for the controller's services, the controller designed the cookie consent process in… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Direct Marketing Cookies Marketing Sep 1, 2025
€125M GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 125,000,000 on GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED. While creating an account for the controller's services, the controller designed the cookie consent… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Direct Marketing Cookies Consent Sep 1, 2025
€200M GOOGLE LLC: Onvoldoende juridische basis voor de verwerking van gegevens. 200 miljoen euro boete - Frans Nationaal Instituut voor Gegevensbescherming (CNIL). FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Marketing Cookies Consent NL Sep 1, 2025
€6,200 Media Company: Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority The Austrian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,200 on a media company. The controller failed to comply with an order from the DPA to implement an adequate cookie banner. AUSTRIA ·dsb ·Art. 58 Supervisory Authorities Cookies Supervision Aug 6, 2025
€22,000 Kristiansand municipality: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Norwegian DPA imposed a fine of EUR 22,000 on Kristiansand municipality. The controller offers a helpline for childreen, which had become victims of violence, abuse or… NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Public Authority IP Address Personal Data Jun 10, 2025
€22,000 Gemeente Kristiansand: Onvoldoende juridische basis voor gegevensverwerking. 22.000 euro boete - Noorse Toezichtsautoriteit (Datatilsynet). NORWAY ·Datatilsynet ·Art. 6, 12, 13 Education Processing Public Authority NL Jun 10, 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
Belgian DPA finds cookie banner without reject-all button and unequal withdrawal violates On 10 February 2023 the data subject, a trainee working at noyb – European Center for Digital Rights, visited the website of the controller, a Belgian media company. The data… 131/2024 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Cookies Direct Marketing Legitimate Interest Oct 11, 2024
€45,000 Hotel: €45,000 fine The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on two hotels for unlawfully processing personal data through the use of cookies. CROATIA ·azop ·Unknown Cookies Personal Data Processing Agreement Sep 13, 2024
€25,000 APD/GBA (Belgium) - 113/2024 A data subject visited four website operated by MediaHuis, namely: Gazet van Antwerpen; De Standaard; Het Nieuwsblad; Het Belang van Limburg. On each website there was a cookie… Art. 5, 6, 7 Cookies Legitimate Interest Direct Marketing Sep 6, 2024
€698,000 Apohem AB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 698,000 on Apohem AB. The controller had used so-called meta pixels on its website which, due to incorrect settings, caused personal data… SWEDEN ·Art. 32 ·Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Social Media Security Privacy by Design & Default Aug 29, 2024
Belgian DPA: Political campaign email without consent violates GDPR and ePrivacy On 30 January 2024, the data subject received an email from a candidate in the June 2024 regional elections (‘controller’), promoting their programme. On 3 January 2024, the data… 74/2024 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Legitimate Interest Direct Marketing Marketing May 16, 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 Consent May 2, 2024
€15,000 Betting company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 15,000 on a data controller operating in the gambling and betting sector. The data controller collected and processed personal… CROATIA ·azop ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Cookies Fairness & Transparency Direct Marketing Apr 22, 2024
€20,000 Betting company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a data controller operating in the gambling and betting sector. The data controller collected and processed personal… CROATIA ·azop ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Fairness & Transparency Cookies Controllers Apr 22, 2024
Belgian DPA settles with Mediafin: De Tijd cookie banner must add equal "refuse all" On 19 July 2023, a data subject, represented by noyb (European Centre for Digital Rights), filed a complaint against Mediafin, a Belgian media group, with the Belgian DPA. The… 159/2023 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Cookies Direct Marketing Consent Nov 24, 2023
€1,040 Self Employed Person: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,040 on a self employed person. The accused's website did not comply with GDPR requirements for cookies, as it processed data before… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Art. 5, 13 Cookies Personal Data Processing Agreement Sep 26, 2023
€12,000 CHATWITH.IO WORLDWIDE, S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 12,000 on the website operator CHATWITH.IO WORLDWIDE, S.L. During its investigation, the DPA found that the controller had failed to… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 13, 22 Cookies IP Address Controllers Sep 23, 2023
€30,000 Betting company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 30,000 on a company engaged in gambling and betting activities due to three identified violations of the GDPR. As noted by AZOP,… CROATIA ·azop ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Cookies Retention Period Personal Data Sep 14, 2023
€20,000 Betting company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a company engaged in gambling and betting activities due to three identified violations of the GDPR. As noted by AZOP,… CROATIA ·azop ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Cookies Controllers Personal Data Sep 14, 2023
€ 2,000M AZOP (Croatia) - Decision 14-09-2023 The two companies in question, as controllers, made use of cookies on their websites, but failed to inform data subjects visiting their web pages about the legal basis for… Art. 6, 7, 13 Cookies Fines Personal Data Sep 1, 2023
Multiple website operators: Czech Data Protection Auhtority (UOOU) In the period from January 2023 to July 2023, the Czech DPA imposed fines totaling EUR 178,000, with the highest fine being EUR 36,000. These fines were imposed due to unlawful… CZECH REPUBLIC ·Unknown Fines Cookies Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Aug 2, 2023
€3,570 Legal Person: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Czech DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,570 on a legal person. Following the complaint, the Office for personal data protection carried out an inspection of the accused's… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Art. 6, 13, 44 Processing Agreement Personal Data International Transfer Aug 1, 2023
€90M CNIL (France) - SAN-2023-012 This decision follows from a previous decision of the French DPA (SAN 2021-023 of 31 December 2021), in which said DPA fined Google LLC €90,000,000 and Google Ireland Limited… Art. 5, 82 Cookies Telecommunications Direct Marketing Jul 13, 2023
€40M CRITEO: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 40 million on CRITEO. The controller is specialized in 'retargeting advertising'. This involves the company tracking the surfing behavior… CNIL Joint Controllers Controllers Direct Marketing Jun 15, 2023
€20,000 Ew Business Machines S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on Ew Business Machines S.p.A.. The controller had installed a video surveillance system that not only recorded images in real… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9, 13 +1 Monitoring Video Surveillance Audit Logs Jun 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. GERMANY ·Art. 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Fines Cookies Monitoring Jan 1, 2023
€3M CNIL fines VOODOO for cookie and tracker consent failures in mobile games VOODOO ('provider') was a mobile game developer. The investigation service of the French DPA (the investigation service) carried out several checks on voodoo.io and on several of… France ·Art. 4, 5, 82 Cookies Telecommunications Direct Marketing Dec 29, 2022
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 9788429 Social media platform TikTok (the controller) provided personalized advertising to its users (the data subjects) on the legal basis of consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). In June… 9788429 ·Art. 5, 6, 122 Legitimate Interest Social Media Cookies Jul 7, 2022
SA Rossel & Cie: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Original fine summary: The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on the media company SA Rossel & Cie. During its investigation, the DPA found GDPR violations on three… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 6, 7, 12 +2 Cookies Processing Agreement Telecommunications Jun 16, 2022
€50 APD/GBA (Belgium) - 85/2022 On 16 January 2019, the Executive-committee of the Belgian DPA (GBA) started an investigation on the use of cookies on Belgian media websites. The controller in this case is… Art. 4, 5, 6 +3 Cookies Telecommunications Personal Data May 25, 2022
€50,000 Roularta Media Group: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on Roularta Media Group. As part of its investigation, the DPA found that the cookie management on two websites operated by… BELGIUM ·APD ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Cookies Personal Data Consent May 25, 2022
€7,000 Hörpu tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhúss ohf.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Icelandic DPA has fined Hörpu tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhúss ohf. EUR 7,000. The DPA had received a complaint regarding the concert hall's collection of ID number and date of… ICELAND ·Art. 5, 6 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Personal Data IP Address Processing Mar 8, 2022
BfDI (Germany) - 24-191 II The data subject is a customer and user of services by the Deutsche Telekom AG (controller), the biggest telecommunications and internet provider in Europe. The data subject… 24-191 II#4781 ·Art. 15, 20, 95 Recipient Telecommunications Data Portability Jan 27, 2022
Belgian DPA rules on competence in cross-border cookie consent complaint involving The respondent owns a website 'YourOnlineChoices', through which data subjects can control their ad experience online. When browsing the web and visiting different websites, they… 11/2022 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Legitimate Interest Cookies Supervisory Authorities Jan 21, 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 Processing Personal Data Jan 5, 2022
€60M Google Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing On December 31, 2021, the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 60,000,000 on Google Ireland Ltd. The CNIL received several complaints regarding the manner in which cookies… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Direct Marketing Cookies Telecommunications Dec 31, 2021
€150M CNIL rejects Google's stay request and ne bis in idem challenge in cookie consent case Google LLC is a subsidiary owned wholly by Alphabet Inc. Google Ireland Limited ('GIL') "presents itself" as the headquarters for the Google group's operations in the EEA and… France ·Art. 56 Cookies Telecommunications Material scope (GDPR) Dec 31, 2021
€60M Facebook Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing On December 31, 2021, the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 60,000,000 on Facebook Ireland Ltd. The CNIL received several complaints regarding the manner in which cookies… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Social Media Direct Marketing Cookies Dec 31, 2021
€90M Google LLC: Insufficient legal basis for data processing On December 31, 2021, the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 90,000,000 on GOOGLE LLC. The CNIL received several complaints regarding the manner in which cookies could be… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 82 Cookies Direct Marketing Processing Agreement Dec 31, 2021
€5,300 LUXEMBOURG DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA from Luxembourg has imposed a fine of EUR 5,300 on a company. The company had installed 75 surveillance cameras on its premises as well as tracking devices in some of its… CNPD ·Art. 5, 13 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Monitoring Video Surveillance IP Address Oct 6, 2021
€2.5M Mercadona S.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has fined Mercadona S.A. EUR 2,520,000. The controller had installed facial recognition systems in Mercadona stores for the purpose of tracking individuals… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +4 Criminal Data Privacy Impact Assessment IP Address Jul 26, 2021
€50,000 Caixabank S.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on Caixabank S.A.. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA because he had received commercial advertising from… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 6 Personal Data Legitimate Interest Controllers Jul 8, 2021
€50,000 AEPD (Spain) - PS/00259/2020 A data subject exercised their right to object to receiving commercial communications against a bank (Bankia/Caixabank), after what whose DPO confirmed that the right had been… Art. 6, 22 Legitimate Interest Marketing Right to Object Jul 6, 2021
EDPS - 2019-0878 A data subject complained around cookies and similar technologies used in connection to audiovisual material on the website of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU),… 2019-0878 ·European Union ·Art. 7 Cookies Information Provision Modalities and Communication Methods Consent May 3, 2021
€100M CNIL (France) - SAN-2021-004 On 7 December 2020, the CNIL fined Google €100,000,000 for not complying with the cookies regulation. The CNIL had also given Google a limited time to adapt their cookies settings… Art. 7 Cookies Personal Data Consent Apr 30, 2021