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€200,000 AEPD (Spain) - ps-00148-2025 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… Art. 6 Aug 13, 2026
€10,000 AEPD (Spain) - PS/00249/2025 MÁS SOL ENERGÍA 15, S.L., the controller, is a company that carries out customer acquisition through telephone calls to offer solar panel installation services. On 18 November… Art. 4, 5, 7 +1 Aug 12, 2026
€20,000 AEPD fines El Español for disclosing minor's identity in assault video El León de El Español Publicaciones, S.A., the controller, operates the Spanish digital newspaper „El Español“. It published an article concerning an assault and embedded a video… Spain ·Art. 5, 25, 58 Jul 27, 2026
HUF 2M NAIH fines online store HUF 2M for unclear and incomplete privacy notice 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 Jul 22, 2026
€1M CNIL fines energy supplier for mishandling data subject access and objection requests 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 Jul 17, 2026
AEPD investigates University of Navarra over student COVID-19 vaccination status requests 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 Jul 16, 2026
€2M Italian DPA sanctions Lusha Systems for processing contact data without consent in B2B Lusha Systems Inc. (the controller) operated a subscription-based platform that provided professional contact information through a business-to-business (B2B) database. It was an… Italy · ·Art. 3, 5, 6 +2 Jul 14, 2026
€158,000 Italian DPA finds GDPR applies to US-based Character.AI service 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 Jul 3, 2026
€5.8M Italian Garante sanctions Hera Comm for automated credit-check refusals of contracts 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 · ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Jul 3, 2026
€460,000 Garante: Piaggio violated GDPR by accessing former employees' emails in disciplinary probe 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 Jun 18, 2026
€6,600 Italian Garante: Employer's recording of locker opening and destruction of contents 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 Jun 18, 2026
€880,000 HDPA fines DEI for unlawful telemarketing calls to opt-out registered subscribers The Greek DPA (HDPA) received twelve complaints filed against DEI, the Greek Public Power Corporation, (the controller) from telephone subscribers (data subjects) regarding the… Greece ·Art. 5, 28, 29 +1 Jun 2, 2026
HDPA (Greece) examines deletion request from National Registry of Undesirable Aliens The complainant, a foreign national, submitted a complaint to the Hellenic DPA through his authorized attorney, seeking his deletion from the Hellenic the National Registry of… 12/2026 ·Art. 23 May 13, 2026
HUF 15M NAIH fines online store HUF 15M for transparency and Article 12(1) GDPR violations The DPA initiated an investigation into the processing of personal data of customers (the data subjects) by the operator of an online store (the controller) in April 2025. The… Hungary ·Art. 5, 12, 13 May 12, 2026
HUF 10M NAIH fines online store HUF 10M for missing and inadequate privacy notice The DPA initiated an investigation into the processing of the personal data of customers (the data subjects) by the operator of an online store (the controller) in April 2025. The… Hungary ·Art. 5, 12, 13 Apr 30, 2026
Austrian DSB rules 360-degree feedback unlawful without specific works agreement The data subject was employed by an Austrian stock corporation (the controller) from August 2018 to June 2025. They worked as a manager in the controller’s finance department,… 2025-0.960.016 ·Austria ·Art. 6, 88 Mar 20, 2026
€25,500 Austrian DSB: Marketing agency violated GDPR by recording phone interviews without valid The controller was a digital marketing agency whose employees pre-screened potential applicants for its clients. As part of this process, applicants (data subjects) were contacted… Austria ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 Jan 19, 2026
€200 DSB: Medical student fined for recording dementia patient video without Art 9 GDPR basis A medical student (the controller) worked as a ward attendant at a hospital. Her duties were to remain in the immediate vicinity of patients, ensure their safety and notify the… Austria ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +1 Jan 12, 2026
DSB Austria: Online shop violated GDPR by ignoring request to stop gender-specific On 18 September 2023, a data subject created a customer account with a public limited company operating an online shop (the controller). It allowed customers to place orders… 2025-0.950.759 ·Art. 5, 6, 16 +2 Nov 24, 2025
€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 Nov 14, 2025
€892,783 E.ON Energia spa: Insufficient legal basis for data processing ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 7 +5 Nov 27, 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 · Oct 11, 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 Sep 6, 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
EDPS finds Commission infringed purpose limitation and data transfer rules in Microsoft Following an investigation in 2019-2020, the EDPS issued recommendations and the Commission modified the ILA. The EDPS investigated whether these modifications were sufficient to… 2021-0518 ·European Union ·Art. 5, 6, 28 +1 Mar 8, 2024
€5.5M Debt collection company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Croatian DPA (AZOP) has imposed of fine of EUR 5,470,000 to a debt collection company. The investigation was triggered by an anonymous complaint stating that controller… CROATIA · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Oct 5, 2023
Greek DPA: Google breached Art. 17 GDPR erasure right over outdated criminal case links In 2020, the data subject filed a complaint with the DPA against Google LLC (the controller) for failing to fulfill their right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR) concerning links -… 54/2024 ·Greece · Jun 29, 2023
€150,000 KG COM: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 150,000 on the company KG COM. The company operates several websites and offers fortune-telling consultations to customers via chat or… FRANCE · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +6 Jun 8, 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
€900 LfD (Lower Saxony) - Fine EUR 900,000 against bank A commercial bank (controller) used personal data of current and former customers (data subjects) to identify customers with an affinity for digital media usage, in order to… Germany ·Art. 6 Sep 28, 2022
NAIH (Hungary) - NAIH-4667-10/2022 A minor student (the data subject) alleged that his grade had been amended before the semester grading meeting without notification. The parent of the data subject requested… NAIH-4667-10/2022 ·Art. |, 10, 28 +1 Sep 22, 2022
€10,000 SOPHIE ET VOILA, S.L: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on SOPHIE ET VOILA, S.L..The wedding dress company had published a picture of a customer in a wedding dress on its Instagram… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Sep 16, 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
€15,000 School: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hellenic DPA has fined a school EUR 15,000. The school had installed several video surveillance cameras on the building, which permanently recorded students, teachers and… GREECE · ·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
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
Austrian DPA: Court's publication of full divorce settlement in land register violates The data subject divorced her husband in a proceeding before the district court (the controller), acting in its capacity as the competent land registry court. As part of the… 2021-0.643.804 ·Austria · Jun 9, 2022
€1,300 Workshop: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,300 on a workshop. The workshop had installed a video surveillance system to protect the company's assets. However, the cameras also… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6, 13 Mar 29, 2022
€634,000 Budapest Bank Zrt.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Hungarian DPA (NAIH) has fined Budapest Bank Zrt. EUR 634,000. NAIH reports that the bank used an artificial intelligence-driven software solution to automate the evaluation… HUNGARY · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +5 Feb 8, 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
€6,000 Private individual: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on a private individual. The person had shared a video on Twitter showing images of a sexual assault by a man on a woman. The… SPAIN · ·Art. 6 Dec 21, 2021
DSB (Austria) - 2021-0.698.184 The data subject was a shareholder and managing director of two companies. The controller operated a free online search platform that allowed users to look up companies registered… 2021-0.698.184 ·Art. 6, 51, 57 +1 Oct 8, 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
€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
€2,000 Fincas Miguel García S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has fined Fincas Miguel García S.L. in the amount of EUR 2,000. A data subject had filed a complaint against the controller, alleging a breach of Art. 13… SPAIN · ·Art. 13 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 · ·Art. 6 Jul 8, 2021
€53,800 Nordbornholms Byggeforretning Aps: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Danish DPA ( Datatilsynet) has imposed a fine of EUR 53,800 on Nordbornholms Byggeforretning Aps. In 2018, the DPA was contacted by a data subject who complained that his… DENMARK · ·Art. 5, 6 Jul 7, 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 Jul 6, 2021
€34,000 Huppuís ehf: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Icelandic DPA (Persónuvernd) has imposed a fine of EUR 34,000 on Huppuís ehf. A former employee filed a complaint against the controller with the DPA. The reason for this was… ICELAND ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jun 15, 2021