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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
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
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
€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
€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
RON 10,517 Fine against Dormeo Home S.R.L Dormeo Home S.R.L. (the controller), received a request from one of its customers (the data subject) exercising their right to object to direct marketing. Despite this objection,… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 21 Right to Object Direct Marketing Personal Data
€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
€10,000 Garante · 551/2026 The Bologna University Hospital IRCCS (the controller), published on its website a pdf list containing the names and the eligibility status of candidates to an income-based… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Personal Data Types of Special Categories of Personal Data Integrity and Confidentiality Principle
€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
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
€24,000 Friuli Centrale University Health Authority: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) found that the Friuli Centrale University Health Authority (ASUFC) violated Articles 5(1)(f), 9, 25, and 32 of the GDPR based on a… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9, 25 +1 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Data Breaches Right of Access Sep 3, 2026
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
€5,320 Slovenian DPA fines controller €5,320 for leaving employee personal data documents Paper documents containing the personal data of employees (the data subjects) were meant to be destroyed at a company (the controller). The personal data in these documents… Slovenia ·IP-RS ·Art. 5, 32 Personal Data Controllers Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Sep 1, 2026
DSB: Retailer must grant full access and delete data after third-party fraud order A retailer (controller) sent a notebook to the address of a data subject after having received an order to that address. However, the data subject has never placed the order and… DSB-D124.2016/23 ·Austria ·Art. 6, 13, 14 +2 Personal Data Right of Access Right to be Forgotten Aug 26, 2026
RON 15,728 Fine against Poliserv JG (PJG) SRL A personal data breach occurred because of a cyberattack made possible through a phishing method that stole the credentials of a controller account with administrator privileges.… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Notification Obligation Security
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
Datatilsynet (DK) · 2023-31-0321 A customer of a bank ('the data subject'), suspected that their former spouse, who was employed by the same bank ('the controller'), was accessing their accounts and decided to… 2023-31-0321 ·Denmark ·Art. 12, 15 Right of Access Personal Data Controllers Aug 18, 2026
€1,000 Austrian DSB: Employee who shared customer's phone number acted as GDPR controller An employee (controller) of a company shared the telephone number of a costumer (data subject) with a third person. The third person who was a personal acquaintance of the… Austria ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +1 Controllers Legitimate Interest Personal Data Aug 18, 2026
RON 285,395 AMATO BESTSELLER S.R.L. A general wholesale/retail trade company (controller) failed to implement adequate technical and organisational measures, such as appropriate training of its employees, in order… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 5, 9, 12 +2 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Personal Data Retention Period Aug 18, 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
€45,000 AMATO BESTSELLER S.R.L: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) fined AMATO BESTSELLER S.R.L €45,000 for non-compliance with general data processing principles.… Romania ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 5, 9, 14 +1 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Retention Period Supervision Aug 6, 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
€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
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
€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
RON 26,172 The Romanian DPA (ANSPDCP) launched an investigation into a bank, Banca Transilvania S.A (the controller), following a data subject’s complaint. The data subject claimed that their personal data associated with their bank account had been processed without their… 02/07/2026 ·Romania ·Art. 32 Data Breaches Personal Data Security
€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
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
€450,000 InMedica UAB: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Lithuanian Data Protection Authority (VDAI) fined InMedica UAB €450,000 for failing to implement sufficient technical and organizational measures to ensure information… Lithuania ·VDAI ·Art. 5, 24, 32 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Personal Data 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
€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
€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 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
€700 Garante · 385/2026 A data subject brought a complaint to the DPA through a non-profit organisation (LILA) against the Italian Red Cross (the controller). While the data subject was hospitalised,… Italy ·Art. 5, 9 Personal Data Retention Period Integrity and Confidentiality Principle May 28, 2026
€700 Italian Red Cross: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Italian Red Cross €700 for violating general data processing principles under GDPR Articles 5(1)(c), 5(1)(f), and 9. The… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Retention Period Professional Secrecy May 28, 2026
PLN 21,000 DKN.5131.5.2025 A provincial government unit carrying out land consolidation and exchange work (the controller) had entrusted tasks involving the processing of landowners’ (the data subjects’)… Poland ·UODO ·Art. 24, 25, 28 +1 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Controllers May 25, 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
UODO reprimands mayor for disclosing data subject's data to company without legal basis The data subject requested the mayor of their place of residence (the controller) to provide them scans of contracts the city had concluded with certain companies and invoices… DS.523.2582.2024 ·Poland ·Art. 5, 6 Personal Data Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Right to Restriction May 18, 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
€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 Data Breaches Notification Obligation May 8, 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
€2,415 UODO reprimands electricity seller for Art. 5, 24, 25, 28, 32 GDPR violations over An electricity sales company (the controller) had outsourced some of its operations to two processors and one sub-processor. Employees of the sub-processor had used a smartphone… Poland ·Art. 5, 24, 25 +2 Processors Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Controllers Apr 13, 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
€150,000 ALÍA GESTIÓN INTEGRAL DE SERVICIOS, S.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) fined ALÍA GESTIÓN INTEGRAL DE SERVICIOS, S.L. €150,000 for failing to implement sufficient technical and organizational measures to… Spain ·AEPD ·Art. 5 Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Security Personal Data Mar 20, 2026