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€750,000 AEPD sanctions Vodafone España for inadequate Super WiFi processor agreement and oversight Vodafone España, S.A.U., the controller, operated a service known as "Super WiFi" through a third-party processor. Following a data breach affecting the service, the DPA's… Spain ·Art. 5, 28, 32 Processors Controllers Processing Agreement Sep 23, 2026
Persónuvernd: Icelandic Farmers’ Association breached GDPR by disclosing owner data to The DPA received a complaint from a data subject, after the Icelandic Farmers’ Association operating a database, disclosed her personal data without consent to the company… 2025010358 ·Iceland ·Art. 5, 14 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Sep 23, 2026
SEK 1.8M IMY fines Miljödata SEK for Article 32 GDPR violation after ransomware breach of 2.2M An IT company that provides digital HR and occupational health services (Miljödata) detected a data breach in August 2025. In the breach, an external attacker had gained… Sweden ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Controllers Sep 22, 2026
€140 AEPD fines DIGI Telecom for issuing duplicate SIM to impersonator without consent On December 28, 2022, DIGI Telecom, the controller, delivered a duplicate SIM card to an unauthorized third party without the consent of the original line holder (the data… Spain ·Art. 5, 6, 83 Consent Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Personal Data Sep 16, 2026
€1M AEPD sanctions Iberdrola Clientes for improper identity verification and unauthorized Iberdrola Clientes, S.A.U., an electricity retailer of the Iberdrola group (the controller), verified the identity of customers calling its call centres under an internal guide… Spain ·Art. 24, 32, 58 +1 Identification Personal Data Accountability
RON 108,570 Fine against Homelux SRL HOMELUX S.R.L. (the controller) notified the Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) of a personal data breach pursuant to Article 33 GDPR. The controller was operating a website on a platform… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Security Sep 16, 2026
€6,000 Italian DPA: Municipality of Rieti breached GDPR by publishing 31,000 taxpayers' waste The Municipality of Rieti (the controller) published its administrative acts on its official notice board and in the "Transparent Administration" section of its website. A… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 24 +3 Public Authority Supervisory Authorities Integrity and Confidentiality Principle
€20,000 AEPD fines El Español for publishing video of minor assailant without anonymization 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 Anonymization Privacy by Design & Default Privacy by Default Sep 16, 2026
€3,150 APDCAT: Public body violated GDPR by disclosing audio recording to four extra recipients On 22 January 2025, an employee and trade union representative of a public-sector organisation, the data subject, emailed the DPO requesting access to and a copy of a recording of… Spain ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 Personal Data Right of Access Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Sep 15, 2026
AEPD: Data subject entitled to identity of professionals who accessed medical records Suspecting unauthorised access to his medical records, a public civil servant, the data subject, requested the Ministry of Defence, the controller, to provide a log copy of… pd-00055-2026 ·Spain ·Art. 5, 12, 15 +2 Personal Data Healthcare Right of Access Sep 15, 2026
HDPA investigates Greek Infrastructure Ministry for SMS sent without consent or The DPA started an investigation, after receiving 83 complaints from data subjects, against the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation (the controller). Particularly,… 17/2026 ·Greece ·Art. 5, 14 Consent Right to Object Personal Data Sep 15, 2026
€6,500 Italian DPA sanctions Top Secret Investigazioni for unjustified email forwarding after The data subjects filed a complaint claiming that Top Secret Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l. (the controller) violated the protection of personal data, as a result of failing to… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 13 Supervisory Authorities Retention Period Personal Data Sep 10, 2026
€408,000 AEPD: CaixaBank requested excessive inheritance documentation from heirs A data subject and other heirs were handling the inheritance of a deceased customer through CaixaBank, S.A., the controller. In the course of the inheritance procedure, the… Spain ·Art. 13, 25, 30 Privacy by Design & Default Personal Data Privacy by Design Sep 10, 2026
RON 26,237 Fine against GEROCOSSEN S.R.L. Gerocossen SRL (the controller) suffered a cyberattack that affected its IT infrastructure. As a result, unauthorised parties gained access to personal data relating to some data… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Security Sep 8, 2026
€2,000 AEPD · ps-00256-2025 After receiving an in-person visit at her address, a data subject received a letter from a third party concerning a plot of land. The third party asked the data subject to… Spain ·Art. 6 Personal Data Recipient Legitimate Interest Sep 8, 2026
IP Slovenia: Controller breached Art. 15(1)(d) and 15(3) GDPR by denying storage info and The data subject made an access request asking for (i) a copy of their personal data processed by the controller and (ii) information on the envisaged storage period of this data.… 0602-68/2025/18 ·IP-RS ·Art. 12, 15 Right of Access Controllers Personal Data Sep 8, 2026
€160 The controller owned an apartment rented by the data subject, who had lived in the property since late 2021 Following a dispute concerning the tenancy and an alleged outstanding debt, the controller asked the data subject to leave the property. On 1 October 2023, the controller sent an… ps-0035-2025 ·Spain ·AEPD Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Personal Data Recipient Sep 8, 2026
Finnish DPA orders Espoo to ensure pupil data protection in Google learning tools In April 2018, the DPA received a complaint stating that the city of Espoo (the controller) was using Google's digital learning tools in a school without obtaining consent from… TSV/40/2018 ·Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu Supervisory Authorities Controllers Retention Period Sep 4, 2026
Datatilsynet authorises AC Horsens facial recognition at matches under conditions AC Horsens (the controller), pursuant to section 7(4) of the Danish Data Protection Act, sent an application to the DPA, asking for permission use automatic facial recognition… 09-07-2026 ·Denmark ·Datatilsynet (DK) DPIA Access Controls Prior Consultation
AEPD: Canals City Council breached Art. 5(1)(f) GDPR by discarding exam papers unshredded The DPA became aware that examination papers from an employment-training programme managed by Canals City Council, the controller, had been found next to waste containers in a… PS-00506-2026 ·Spain ·Art. 5 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Notification Obligation Sep 2, 2026
09-07-2026 (Lyngby Boldklub) Lyngby Boldklub (the controller), pursuant to section 7(4) of the Danish Data Protection Act, sent an application to the DPA, asking for permission use automatic facial… 09-07-2026 ·Denmark ·Datatilsynet (DK) DPIA Prior Consultation Access Controls
09-07-2026 (Lyngby Boldklub) Lyngby Boldklub (the controller), pursuant to section 7(4) of the Danish Data Protection Act, sent an application to the DPA, asking for permission use automatic facial… 09-07-2026 ·Denmark ·Datatilsynet (DK) DPIA Access Controls Prior Consultation Sep 1, 2026
€23,750 Italian DPA: Il Fatto Quotidiano must erase data subject's personal data from cable car On 4 January 2024, the newspaper “Il Fatto Quotidiano” (‘the controller’) published an article pertaining to the cable car accident of the data subject. The data subject sent a… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 83 Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Retention Period Aug 26, 2026
Datatilsynet reprimands Danish Tax Administration for access request delays (2019-2024) In November 2024 the DPA started an investigation against the Danish Tax Administration (‘the controller’) for their processing time of access requests. 30 September 2025 the DPA… 2024-432-0039 ·Denmark ·Datatilsynet (DK) Right of Access Personal Data Supervisory Authorities
HDPA: Hellenic Open University found to have met breach notification duties after The Hellenic Open University (‘the controller’) submitted initial and supplementary notifications to the DPA after it was subject to a data breach resulting from a ransomware… 14/2026 ·Greece ·Art. 32, 33, 34 +1 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Aug 19, 2026
€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
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
RON 523,900 Fine against Orange Romania SA of July 17, 2026 The investigation was initiated after Orange Romania SA (the controller) notified the Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) of a personal data breach pursuant to Article 33 GDPR, related to its… ANSPDCP ·Art. 25, 32 Data Breaches Privacy by Design & Default Privacy by Design Jul 29, 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
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
€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
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
€200,000 Alkora, S.A., the controller, is an insurance broker that was victim of a ransomware attack The controller notified the DPA of a personal data breach after a ransomware attack affected its servers, databases, email systems and employee devices. The controller first… PS-00020-2025 ·Spain ·AEPD Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Notification Obligation Jul 16, 2026
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
€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
€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
UODO reprimands hospital for inadequate processor oversight and email security failures The email account of an employee at a provincial specialist hospital (the controller) was hacked in December 2021. The compromised email account contained e.g. names, addresses,… DKN.5131.12.2022 ·Poland ·Art. 5, 24, 25 +3 Controllers Processors Security Jun 11, 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
PLN 33,700 DKN.5131.27.2023 A municipal social welfare unit (the controller) processed the personal data of the residents of the municipality (the data subjects), including names, addresses, and information… Poland ·UODO ·Art. 5, 24, 25 +3 Data Breaches Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Notification Obligation May 19, 2026
€1,500 Francesco Gagliardi: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) found Francesco Gagliardi, operating as a sole proprietorship, in violation of Articles 5(1)(a) and 14 of the GDPR and Article 130… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 14 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Lawful Basis May 14, 2026
HDPA · 12/2026 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 ·Greece ·Art. 23 Right of Access Criminal Data Personal Data May 13, 2026
HUF 15M NAIH-450-7-2026 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 Fairness & Transparency Personal Data Transparency May 12, 2026
€277,500 Permanent TSB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Data Protection Authority of Ireland fined Permanent TSB €277,500 on 2026-05-08 for: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security. Ireland ·DPC ·Art. 5, 32, 33 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Notification Obligation Data Breaches May 8, 2026
HUF 10M NAIH-4462-5-2026 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 Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Accountability Apr 30, 2026
OÜ Dr Mõttus Hambaravi, the controller, is a Dental Clinic On March 2024, the DPA received a complaint from a data subject regarding the fact that the controller had failed to provide all personal data requested. The controller only… No. 2.1-1/24/397-890-38 ·Estonia ·AKI Controllers Processors Privacy by Design & Default Apr 16, 2026
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, with technical and disciplinary responsibility for up to five employees. The controller operated a 360-degree… 2025-0.960.016 ·Austria ·DSB Legitimate Interest Personal Data Controllers Mar 20, 2026
€60,000 AEPD: Ramona Films failed to comply with Article 58(2) order to provide processor RAMONA FILMS, S.L., the controller, operated websites offering audiovisual content through subscriptions. In November 2023, the DPA fined the controller in proceedings… Spain ·Art. 28, 58 Controllers Processors Processing Agreement Mar 9, 2026