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APDCAT sanctions Madremanya City Council for exposing applicants' sensitive data in tender 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 ·Catalonia Anonymization Professional Secrecy Personal Data Jul 17, 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 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Employees 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 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Fines Jan 19, 2026
DSB Austria: No fine imposed on COVID mask shop for cookie consent failure Following the first COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, a limited liability company (the controller) decided to offer protective masks to the general public. It set up an online shop… 2026-0.043.390 ·Art. 5, 12, 13 Cookies Personal Data IP Address Jan 16, 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 Legitimate Interest Healthcare Personal Data Jan 12, 2026
Austrian DSB: sharing ADHD diagnosis from public forum post did not breach Art. 9 GDPR A data subject published a post concerning their ADHD diagnosis on a publicly accessible online forum under a pseudonym. A person (the controller) who was a follower of the data… 2025-0.968.031 ·Austria ·Art. 9 Health Data Healthcare Personal Data Dec 3, 2025
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 Privacy by Design Privacy by Default Privacy by Design & Default Nov 24, 2025
€9,000 Hestia Publishers & Booksellers I. D. Kollaros & Co. S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Greek DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 9,000 on Hestia Publishers & Booksellers I. D. Kollaros & Co. S.A. The controller disclosed the identity of an anonymous author by… GREECE ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 25, 32 +2 Pseudonymization Security Personal Data Jul 21, 2025
€21,000 Menarini Silicon Biosystems SpA: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 21,000 on Menarini Silicon Biosystems SpA. The controller is conducting oncological research and has developed a software that is able to… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 13 Health Data Healthcare Retention Period May 21, 2025
€800,000 CEGEDIM SANTÉ: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 800,000 on CEGEDIM SANTÉ. The company, which provides software for medical practices, had transferred customer data for research purposes.… FRANCE ·CNIL ·Art. 5, 66 Anonymization IP Address Healthcare Sep 12, 2024
€14M Avast Software s.r.o.: €13,900,000 fine The Czech DPA has fined Avast Software s.r.o. EUR 13.9 million. The company had disclosed the personal data of around 100 million users of its antivirus software to the US company… CZECH REPUBLIC ·UOOU ·Unknown Personal Data Anonymization Processing Agreement Apr 15, 2024
€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 ·aepd ·Art. 6 Personal Data Lawful Basis Social Media Sep 16, 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 ·DSB Controllers Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Material scope (GDPR) 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 Cookies Telecommunications Personal Data May 25, 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 ·APD ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +5 Social Media Religious Beliefs Fairness & Transparency Jan 27, 2022
€6M Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6 million on Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A.. Cosmote had reported a data breach to the DPA pursuant to Art. 33 GDPR. A hacker… GREECE ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 13, 14 +4 Data Breaches DPIA Security 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 ·APD ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +3 Religious Beliefs Fairness & Transparency Social Media Jan 27, 2022
€1M Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska S.A.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1 million on Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska S.A.. The company had reported a data breach to the DPA in accordance with Art. 33 GDPR.… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 5, 24, 25 +2 Encryption Data Breaches Security Jan 19, 2022
€53,000 PIKA Sp. z o.o.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Polish DPA has fined PIKA Sp. z o.o. in the amount of EUR 53,000. The fine is related to a fine imposed on Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska S.A.. PIKA was acting as a… POLAND ·UODO ·Art. 28, 32 Data Breaches Encryption Security Jan 19, 2022
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 Legitimate Interest Lawful Basis Personal Data Oct 8, 2021
€29,000 Mermaids: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The ICO has fined transgender charity Mermaids EUR 29,000 for failing to protect the personal data of its users, in breach of Art. 5 (1) f) UK GPDR and Art. 32 (1), (2) UK GDPR.… UNITED KINGDOM ·ICO ·Art. 5, 32 Encryption Security Data Breaches Jul 5, 2021
€1,500 Tour & People Max S.L.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights Unsolicited marketing calls though data subjects had expressed their objection to data processing. In addition to the GDPR, this was also seen as a violation of Article 48(1)(b)… SPAIN ·aepd ·Art. 21 Right to Object Direct Marketing Personal Data Jul 31, 2020
€2,000 Romanian Post National Company: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security Processing of personal data, namely the telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of 81 data subjects, by the Romanian Post as data controller, failing appropriate technical and… ROMANIA ·ANSPDCP ·Art. 32 Controllers Anonymization Personal Data Jul 30, 2020