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€200,000 XFERA MÓVILES, S.A.U. (XFERA), the controller, is a telecommunications provider The data subject was a customer of the controller and held a mobile telephone line. On 24 July 2023, an unauthorised third party requested a duplicate SIM card for the data… ps-00148-2025 ·Spain ·AEPD Personal Data Legitimate Interest Controllers Aug 13, 2026
€1,282 IP-RS · 0609-41/2026/7 A company (the controller) used a service provider (the processor) to store personal data, manage a database, and provide technical support and maintenance on its behalf. A legal… Slovenia ·Art. 28 Processors Controllers Representatives
Finnish DPA finds 12-year retention of rental applicant data violates minimisation The DPA began investigating the storage periods of the personal data of housing applicants (the data subjects) contained in rental housing applications during a previous… TSV/1319/2025 ·Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu Retention Period Storage Limitation Privacy by Design Aug 7, 2026
ICO (UK) - ACRO Criminal Records Office ACRO Criminal Records Office, the processor, is a national police unit providing public services including Police Certificates, International Child Protection Certificates,… ACRO Criminal Records Office ·United Kingdom ·Art. 32 Controllers Processors Accountability Aug 7, 2026
Finnish DPA examines anti-doping organization's GDPR compliance over public suspension An athlete (the data subject) gave a doping sample containing a low concentration of a banned substance in August 2020. The national anti-doping organisation (the controller)… TSV/179/2021 ·Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Retention Period Aug 4, 2026
€200,000M 15/2026 The Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family (the controller), and the Hellenic Local Development and Local Government Company (the processor) notified the DPA that information… Greece ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 28, 32 Controllers Data Breaches Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Jul 28, 2026
€2,000 33/2020 The data subject was under the employment of the College for a certain period of time, during which two female students of the College filed a complaint against the complainant… Greece ·HDPA ·Art. 4, 5, 12 +8 Right to be Forgotten Personal Data Right of Access
RON 30 Fine against There's an AI for that S.R.L In October 2025, the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal –… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 4 Personal Data Consent Supervisory Authorities
€6,500 Top Secrert Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Top Secrert Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l. €6,500 for violating the general data processing principles under Article… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 13 Retention Period Storage Limitation Processing Jul 23, 2026
The case involves media company RTI S.p.a (the data controller, now part of Mediaset S.p.a.) and its popular TV program Striscia la Notizia. The program aired a segment consisting of satirical, AI-generated deepfakes of… Case number: 577/2026 Internal number (from the DPA): 10281021 ·Italy ·Garante Transparency Privacy by Design Controllers Jul 23, 2026
€8,000 Municipality of Terralba: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Municipality of Terralba €8,000 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis. The Garante found that the… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 24 +2 Processing Personal Data Public Authority Jul 23, 2026
€30,000 Emiglia-Romagna Regional Employment Agency: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Emiglia-Romagna Regional Employment Agency €30,000 for violations of Articles 5, 6, and 9 of the GDPR concerning an… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Processing Jul 23, 2026
€9.5M Garante · 556/2026 Following numerous complaints and reports, the Italian DPA (Garante) investigated the telemarketing practices of TIM S.p.A. (the controller). The complaints concerned unsolicited… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +5 Personal Data Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Controllers Jul 23, 2026
Finnish DPA: requesting address, ID number and strong authentication for access request A company that provides comparison services for loans and financial products (the controller) received a loan application submitted on the data subject’s behalf in October 2022.… TSV/4630/2023 ·Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu Identification Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Jul 22, 2026
HUF 2M NAIH-11443-3/2026 The DPA initiated an investigation into the GDPR compliance of an online store (the controller) processing the data of its customers (the data subjects) in April 2025. The… Hungary ·Art. 12, 13 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Lawful Basis Jul 22, 2026
€300,000 CNIL fines EXTIA for failing to properly handle job applicant erasure requests EXTIA, the controller, is a French consulting company specialising in IT and engineering services. As part of its recruitment activities, the controller processed personal data of… France ·Art. 12, 17 Right to be Forgotten Personal Data Right to Restriction Jul 21, 2026
€500,000 Hôpital privé de la Loire: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) sanctioned Hôpital Privé de la Loire, a Ramsay Santé group hospital, following a June 2025 personal data breach in which an attacker… France ·CNIL ·Art. 32, 34 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Healthcare Jul 21, 2026
€12,000 Garante · 10254256 The data subject was an employee at a detention facility run by the Italian Ministry of Justice (the controller). Following an assessment by the occupational health physician, who… Italy ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +2 Personal Data Health Data Types of Special Categories of Personal Data
€20,000 Garante · 471/2026 The provincial Health Authority of Enna (the controller) published a resolution that contained the personal data of a data subject (specifically related to their judicial… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 10 +1 Personal Data Retention Period Criminal Data Jul 18, 2026
APDCAT sanctions Madremanya City Council for inadequate redaction of sensitive data in On 8 May 2025, Madremanya City Council, acting as controller, published on its notice board two administrative acts concerning a tender procedure for the award of a social housing… PS-0036/2026 ·Spain ·Art. 5, 31 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Personal Data Identification Jul 17, 2026
€1M CNIL · SAN-2022-011 The controller is a limited liability company whose business is the supply and production of electricity and gas in France. Several data subjects sent complainants to the French… France ·Art. 12, 14, 15 +2 Right to Object Personal Data Right of Access
€50,000 Garante · 10128005 The Calabrian Regional Agency for Agricultural Development (the controller) implemented a remote work policy that required employees to use a time-tracking application called… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +3 Personal Data Monitoring DPIA
€16,000 10192784 The data subject, a professional registered with the OPI of Pisa, discovered while consulting the Public Register of Professionals online that the database included the… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 1, 5, 6 +3 Personal Data Retention Period Fairness & Transparency
AEPD · EXP202102529 A student handed in a complaint against the University of Navarra because they asked the students to fill in their vaccination status. The complainant understands this as a breach… EXP202102529 ·Spain ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +3 Consent Personal Data Healthcare
E/03783/2020 The Directorate for National Security of the Ministry of Interior issued guidelines for the police forces to monitor news and social networks to spot fake news and misinformation,… E/03783/2020 ·Spain ·AEPD Monitoring Personal Data Identification Jul 15, 2026
€2M Garante fines Lusha Systems Inc. over unauthorized B2B contact database Lusha Systems Inc. (the controller) operated a subscription-based platform that provided professional contact information through a business-to-business (B2B) database. It was a… Italy ·Art. 3, 5, 6 +2 Personal Data IP Address Legitimate Interest Jul 14, 2026
€57,839 Fine against Ascendex Technology SRL The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) launched an investigation into the cryptocurrency exchange platform Ascendex Technology SRL (the controller). The DPA was notified by the French DPA… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 4, 12, 17 +1 Supervisory Authorities Supervision Personal Data
€1,198 A company (the controller) operates an online store An employee of the controller used a pirated and unlicensed software when creating the website. This software contained malicious code, which allowed a third person to access the… 0609-36/2026/7 ·Slovenia ·IP-RS Data Breaches Controllers Security Jul 8, 2026
€23,750 Società Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Società Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. €23,750 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis, in violation of… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5 Personal Data Processing Transparency Jul 3, 2026
€2,000 Municipality of San Genesio and Uniti: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Municipality of San Genesio and Uniti €2,000 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis. The Authority… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Personal Data Processing Public Authority Jul 3, 2026
IMY-2024-2904 The supervisory authority launched an investigation into the border control unit of the national police authority (the controller) at Arlanda Airport concerning the processing of… IMY-2024-2904 ·Sweden ·Art. 13 Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Information Provision Modalities and Communication Methods Jul 3, 2026
€158,000 Garante · 487/2026 Character Technologies, Inc (the controller) is a company established in the US that operates the site Character.AI. Character.AI is a generative AI service that allows users to… Italy ·Art. 3, 5, 12 +7 Child Consent Personal Data Right to Object Jul 3, 2026
€2,000 Municipality of Villaputzu: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Municipality of Villaputzu €2,000 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis. The enforcement action… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Public Authority Jul 3, 2026
€5.8M 483/2026 Several data subjects lodged complaints with the Italian DPA (Garante) after Hera Comm S.p.A., an energy supplier (the controller), declined to conclude electricity or gas… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Controllers Processors Personal Data Jul 3, 2026
Persónuvernd (Island) - 2025010358 The data subject was an employee of the enterprise BL ehf (the controller). When she started working there, she was provided with a computer set up by the controller’s IT… 2025010358 ·Iceland ·Art. 5, 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Monitoring Personal Data Jul 1, 2026
2025010364 The DPA received a complaint from a data subject regarding the processing of their personal data by Borgarholtsskóli (a school and the controller) in connection with an anonymous… 2025010364 ·Iceland ·Persónuvernd Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Right to be Forgotten Jun 24, 2026
€450,000 VDAI fines medical company €450,000 for inadequate security measures in data breaches Two medical companies (the controllers) had fallen victim to data breaches where a third party had gained access to their internal systems containing both health data and other… Lithuania ·Art. 5, 24 Security Data Breaches Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Jun 19, 2026
€6,600 Garante · 462/2026 The case involves a worker (the data subject), his former employer (the controller), and the staffing agency that had provided the company with the worker. In late 2023 the data… Italy ·Art. 2, 4, 5 +2 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Jun 18, 2026
€5,000 Garante · 457/2026 The Municipality of Vasto (the controller) implemented a dedicated photo and video system for the purpose of detecting violations of the national provisions on traffic safety. A… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 DPIA Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Jun 18, 2026
€460,000 Garante · 476/2026 Two former employees (the data subjects) of Piaggio (the controller) were dismissed for just cause in March 2023. Following the termination of their employment, they asked the… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Retention Period Storage Limitation Personal Data Jun 18, 2026
€2,760 UODO fines accounting firm €2,760 for email breach security failures An unauthorised entity gained access to an email account belonging to an employee at an accounting, bookkeeping and tax consulting company (the controller). The account contained… Poland ·Art. 5, 24, 25 +1 Data Breaches Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Notification Obligation Jun 13, 2026
€5,000 Națională Poșta Română: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) fined Națională Poșta Română €5,000 on 2026-06-12 for: Insufficient technical and organisational… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Security Personal Data Supervision Jun 12, 2026
€300,000 Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore, County Offaly: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Data Protection Authority of Ireland fined Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore €300,000 for failing to implement sufficient technical and organizational measures to ensure… Ireland ·DPC ·Art. 5, 28, 30 +2 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Notification Obligation Data Breaches Jun 11, 2026
€1,000 Pietro d'Abano State Vocational School: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Pietro d'Abano State Vocational School €1,000 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis, finding… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Processing Public Authority Jun 11, 2026
Belgian DPA rejects delisting request for US government URL showing criminal conviction The data subject requested from a search engine (controller) the removal of a URL that appears when the data subject’s name is entered into the search engine. The URL points to… DOS-2025-04652 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Supervisory Authorities Right to be Forgotten Criminal Data Jun 8, 2026
€1.8M Elkjøp AS: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) fined Elkjøp AS €1,820,000 on 2026-06-01 for: Insufficient legal basis for data processing. Norway ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 5, 6, 12 Supervision Supervisory Authorities Processing Jun 1, 2026
UODO fines controller for refusing to cooperate and provide information in two data The DPA received two complaints against the same company (the controller) due to the unauthorised access to the data subjects’ personal data. The first complaint concerned… DKE.561.1.2026 ·Poland ·Art. 31, 58 Controllers Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Jun 1, 2026
€12,000 Unicredit Bank SA: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) fined Unicredit Bank SA €12,000 on 2026-05-29 for: Insufficient technical and organisational… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32, 33 Security Supervision Supervisory Authorities May 29, 2026
€70,300 Blikk Kft.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and the Freedom of Information (NAIH) fined Blikk Kft. €70,300 on 2026-05-29 for: Insufficient legal basis for data processing. Hungary ·NAIH ·Art. 6, 9, 12 Processing Telecommunications May 29, 2026
€55,000 The data controller for the case is a government body called the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) AgID is tasked with driving the adoption of digital technologies in both government and the private sector. Additionally, AgID is Italy’s soon-to-be notification authority for the… 419/2026 ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 14 +1 Personal Data Controllers Processing May 28, 2026