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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 · Oct 11, 2024
€2.4M Vinted: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Lithuanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 2,385,276 on the second-hand online store 'Vinted'. The DPA initiated an investigation after the Polish and French DPAs forwarded… LITHUANIA · ·Art. 5, 12 Jul 2, 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 · May 16, 2024
€31M Clearview AI Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch DPA has fined Clearview Al Inc. EUR 30,500,000. Clearview, a company offering facial recognition services, holds a database of over 30 billion images, including those of… May 16, 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 · ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Apr 22, 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 · ·Art. 6, 7, 13 Apr 22, 2024
€32M AMAZON FRANCE LOGISTIQUE: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The French DPA (CNIL) has imposed a fine of EUR 32 million on AMAZON FRANCE LOGISTIQUE for unlawful surveillance of employees. CNIL found that Amazon France equips its warehouse… ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 23, 2024
€7,500 SLOVAKIA DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Slovak DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 7,500 on an unknown controller. The controller violated the principle of lawfulness, the principle of transparency and the principle of… ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 1, 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 · Nov 24, 2023
€420 CHINA CENTER LLEIDA: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA has fined CHINA CENTER LLEIDA due to a lack of sufficient data processing information in relation to video surveillance in their premises. The original fine of EUR… SPAIN · ·Art. 13 Sep 27, 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 Sep 1, 2023
€5.5M WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Irish DPA (DPC) has fined WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. EUR 5.5 million. The Austrian organization 'None of Your Business' (NOYB) had filed a complaint with the DPA on behalf of an… Art. 6, 12, 13 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 19, 2023
€50,000 DPC (Ireland) - 05/SIU/2018 This case involves an own-volition investigation conducted by the Irish DPA (DPC) into Kildare County Council, the controller. In June 2018, Officers from the Special… Art. 2, 5, 6 +5 Jan 16, 2023
€390M Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Irish DPA (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited EUR 390 million. The DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 210 million for violations related to the provision of its Facebook… Jan 4, 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 Dec 29, 2022
€5,000 Association for the prevention and study of crimes, abuses and negligence in information technology and advanced communications (APEDANICA): Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has fined the Association for the prevention and study of crimes, abuses and negligence in information technology and advanced communications (APEDANICA) EUR… SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Nov 25, 2022
€1.4M Douglas Italia S.p.a.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1.4 million on Douglas Italia S.p.a. for various GDPR violations. In the course of its investigation, the DPA initially found that… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Oct 20, 2022
€15 HDPA (Greece) - 50/2022 A former teacher (the data subject) at a private primary school (the controller) submitted a complaint to the Greek DPA regarding a video surveillance system in the classrooms,… Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Sep 9, 2022
APD/GBA (Belgium) - 117/2022 The data subject was a former customer of the controller (which remained unknown). The data subject received direct marketing from the controller. The data subject objected to the… 117/2022 ·Art. 6, 12, 15 +1 Jul 26, 2022
APD/GBA (Belgium) - 115/2022 During a meeting where the data subject was not present, the data subject's manager (controller) announced her departure and read out a document issued by the company doctor,… 115/2022 ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Jul 19, 2022
€20M Clearview Al Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 20,000,000 on Clearview AI Inc. The non-profit organization 'Homos Digitalis' had filed a complaint with the DPA on behalf of the data… Jul 13, 2022
€45,000 Senseonics Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 45,000 on Senseonics Inc. The company had reported a data breach to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR, involving an employee accidentally… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 Jul 7, 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 Jul 7, 2022
€26,000 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 9794895 The Municipality of Policoro (Basilicata), implemented the use of CCTV cameras to monitor and fight waste abandonment within its territory. A data subject complained the… Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Jun 9, 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 May 25, 2022
€600 SCF ZHU, S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA has fined SCF ZHU, S.L. due to a lack of sufficient data processing information in relation to video surveillance on business premises. The original fine of EUR… SPAIN · ·Art. 13 May 18, 2022
€9M Clearview Al Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The UK DPA has fined Clearview AI Inc. EUR 9 million. The company holds a database of more than 20 billion facial images (including those of UK residents and nationals) from… UNITED KINGDOM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +7 May 18, 2022
€1.9M BREBAU GmbH: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Bremen has imposed a fine of EUR 1.9 million on the housing association BREBAU GmbH. BREBAU GmbH had processed upwards of 9,500 datasets about potential tenants without… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6, 9 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Mar 3, 2022
€20M Clearview Al Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has fined U.S.-based Clearview AI EUR 20 million after it was revealed that the company had been applying biometric surveillance techniques on Italian territory.… Feb 10, 2022
IAB Europe: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 250,000 on IAB Europe. The DPA had received several complaints against IAB Europe since 2019. In the context of this complaint, the… BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +8 Feb 2, 2022
€2,800 EU DisinfoLab: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Belgian DPA has fined the NGO EU DisinfoLab EUR 2,700. In 2018, the NGO published an analysis to identify the possible political origin of tweets circulating on a particularly… BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +5 Jan 27, 2022
€1,200 Researcher: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Belgian DPA has fined a researcher EUR 1,200. The fine was issued in connection with another fine against the NGO EU DisinfoLab. The researcher was employed at the NGO. In… BELGIUM · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +3 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 · 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 Jan 5, 2022
€100,000 Ubi Banca spa: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Ubi Banca spa (now Intesa Sanpaolo spa). A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA for receiving a letter from the… ITALY · ·Art. 5 Dec 16, 2021
€52,000 Motor insurance center: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Finnish DPA has fined a motor insurance center EUR 52,000. The controller had excessively requested patient data from within the healthcare system for the purpose of… FINLAND · ·Art. 5, 25 Dec 16, 2021
€27,200 YAY ehf.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Icelandic Data Protection Authority has imposed a fine of EUR 51,000 on the Ministry of Industry and Innovation and a fine of EUR 27,200 on YAY ehf. The fine is related to a… ICELAND ·Art. 5, 6, 28 +1 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Nov 23, 2021
€51,000 Icelandic Ministry of Industry and Innovation: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Icelandic Data Protection Authority has imposed a fine of EUR 51,000 on the Ministry of Industry and Innovation and a fine of EUR 27,200 on YAY ehf. The fine is related to a… ICELAND ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +4 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Nov 23, 2021
€925,000 WS WiSpear Systems Ltd: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Cypriot DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 925,000 on WS WiSpear Systems Ltd. The company had collected various data from individuals (Media Access Control addresses and… CYPRUS ·Art. 5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Nov 12, 2021
€900,000 Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH: Insufficient data processing agreement The DPA from Hamburg has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH. The fine is related to data matching, which the controller had carried out in the period… GERMANY ·Art. 12, 13 ·Insufficient data processing agreement Sep 24, 2021
€200,000 Bocconi University: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Bocconi University. A student had filed a complaint with the DPA about possible GDPR violations related to the use… ITALY · ·Art. 2, 5, 6 +6 Sep 16, 2021
€5,000 Ciechi Ardizzone Gioeni di Catania: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has imposed a fine of EUR 5,000 on the Ciechi Ardizzone Gioeni di Catania residential home for blind people. A visitor to the residence filed a complaint… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +1 Sep 16, 2021
€225M WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Irish DPA (DPC) has imposed a fine of EUR 225,000,000 on WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. The DPA had started extensive investigations into the messaging service's compliance with… Art. 5, 12, 13 +1 ·Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations Sep 2, 2021
€600 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Austrian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 600 on a private individual. A private individual had sent a document obtained in a court case between the data subject and himself to… AUSTRIA · ·Art. 9 Aug 5, 2021
€600 DSB Austria: sharing medical assessment with municipality lacked Art. 9(2) legal basis Person A is employed at a municipality and has been on sick leave for several weeks in 2013 and 2014. In September 2014, the municipality concluded that Person A's sickness had… Art. 4, 5, 9 +1 Aug 5, 2021
€2.5M Deliveroo Italy s.r.l.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined food delivery service Deliveroo Italy s.r.l. EUR 2,500,000 for unlawfully processing the personal data of approximately 8000 drivers. Garante's… ·Art. 5, 13, 22 +5 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jul 22, 2021
€1.6M Storstockholms Lokaltrafik: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Swedish DPA has fined Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Stockholm Local Transport Company) EUR 1,600,000. The controller had equipped ticket inspectors with body-worn cameras, which… SWEDEN ·Art. 5, 6, 13 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jun 21, 2021
€7,600 LUXEMBOURG DPA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The DPA from Luxembourg (CNPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 7,600 on a company. This company had installed a video surveillance system for the purpose of protecting the company's… ·Art. 5, 13 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jun 11, 2021
€15,000 PURPLE SEA MΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ ΙΚΕ: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hellenic DPA has fined PURPLE SEA MΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ ΙΚΕ EUR 15,000 due to the illegal installation and operation of a video surveillance system. The controller had installed a video… GREECE · ·Art. 5 Jun 3, 2021
€84,000 Comune di Bolzano: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA (Garante) has fined the municipality of Bolzano EUR 84,000. A former employee of the municipality filed a complaint with the DPA against the municipality. In… ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +2 May 13, 2021