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Belgian DPA: controller breached GDPR by CCing third party on emails exposing personal A company (controller) sent a data subject an email with a formal notice attached to it. The email was sent to the data subject’s work email address, with a third-party email… DOS-2026-00228 ·Belgium ·APD/GBA Controllers Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Oct 6, 2026
€33,000 Finnish DPA: Healthcare provider unlawfully disclosed therapy appointment data to Google, The DPA received a complaint about an online appointment booking service of a healthcare services provider (the controller) in November 2022. According to the complaint, the… Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu ·Art. 5, 25, 32 Health Data Personal Data IP Address Oct 2, 2026
NOK 92M Norwegian DPA: Xandr's real-time bidding processed personal data of Grindr users The advertising technology company Xandr (controller, at that time AppNexus, now a part of Microsoft) engaged in so-called real-time bidding. Real-time bidding is a technology… Norway ·Datatilsynet (NO) ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +5 Personal Data IP Address Supervisory Authorities Oct 2, 2026
Icelandic DPA opens formal proceedings against Isavia over ANPR parking cameras at The DPA initiated an investigation into Isavia domestic airports Ltd. (the controller) concerning the electronic monitoring of car parks in five airports: Reykjavík, Akureyri,… 2025061555 ·Iceland ·Persónuvernd Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Sep 30, 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
€7M Italian DPA investigates IQVIA data breach exposing 3,080 patients' health data The DPA started an ex officio investigation after IQVIA (the controller) notified a data breach which had been uncovered following the routine inspection of their services. The… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 9, 13 +4 Data Breaches Healthcare Health Data Sep 23, 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 Recipient Personal Data Right of Access 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 Personal Data Lawful Basis Sep 15, 2026
€10,000 Italian DPA finds Ministry of Education's disclosure of disciplinary dismissal excessive The data subject, an employee of the Ministry of Education and Merit (the controller), filed a complaint with the DPA after the controller notified various administrative branches… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6 Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Sep 9, 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 Legitimate Interest IP Address 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 Controllers Sep 8, 2026
Garante warns ReLife Recycling for failing to timely respond to GDPR access request The data subject sent a complaint to the DPA regarding correspondence between him and the company ReLife Recycling s.r.l. (the controller), which was sent without his consent to… 515/2026 ·Italy ·Art. 12 Right of Access Personal Data Right to Restriction
€5.5M Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) found Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (Italian branch) violated Articles 5(1)(a), 12, 21, and 24 of the GDPR by continuing to… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 21 +1 Personal Data Right to Object Direct Marketing 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 Legitimate Interest Right of Access Aug 26, 2026
HDPA orders TEIRESIAS S.A. to ensure data accuracy under Art. 5(1)(d) GDPR 29 January 2023, the data subject requested TEIRESIAS S.A. (‘the controller’) to delete an entry registered in their database, and to correct the “erroneous financial data”… 4/2026 ·Greece ·Art. 5 Accuracy Personal Data Right to Restriction
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 Right to Restriction
Austrian DSB: e-marketplace transfer of customer data to China and US requires valid Art. The DPA was acting upon a complaint addressing the subject matter of third country personal data transfers. The controller, established in Ireland, operates an e-marketplace… D130.2269 ·Austria ·Art. 45, 46, 49 Privacy Shield International Transfer Processing Agreement Aug 25, 2026
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
€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
PLN 29,112 UODO fines company PLN 29,112 for failing to comply with Art. 58(2)(c) GDPR order The DPA issued a decision in the case DKE.560.206.2025 ordering a limited liability company (the controller) to fulfil its information obligations under Articles 14(1) and 14(2)… Poland ·Art. 14, 58 Personal Data Supervision Fines Aug 18, 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 Controllers Processors Processing
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
€5,000 PS/00421/2020 The client of a financial institution lodged a complaint before the Spanish DPA (AEPD) due to the delivery of a mail for commercial purposes, even though he had expressly rejected… Spain ·AEPD ·Art. 21 Right to Object Recipient Personal Data
€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 Personal Data Right to be Forgotten Right to Restriction 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 Recipient
€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 Personal Data Right to Object Right of Access
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 Personal Data Monitoring Access Controls 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 Direct Marketing Controllers Jul 14, 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 Controllers Personal Data Data Breaches Jul 8, 2026
€2,000 HDPA: Decentralized Administration of the Aegean must remove complainant's name from The data subject, submitted a complaint to the DPA after the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean (the controller) refused her requests to remove her name from eleven… Greece ·Art. 5, 6, 17 Right to be Forgotten Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Jun 24, 2026
€1,200 DSB · 2026-0.483.002 The employee, acting as a controller, was working for a rescue and aid organisation that operated a care facility for people with special needs. Between 1 December and 19 December… Austria ·Art. 4, 5, 6 +2 Personal Data IP Address Health Data Jun 9, 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 Supervision Jun 1, 2026
GBP 300,000 ICO (UK) - KRA Consultancy Ltd The Information Commissioner, the DPA, investigated KRA Consultancy Ltd, the controller, in relation to unsolicited direct marketing SMS messages promoting debt-related services.… United Kingdom Personal Data Consent Processing May 20, 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 Recipient May 18, 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 Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Storage Limitation May 12, 2026
€2,802 IP-RS · 0609-42/2026/7 A processor was contracted by a company (the controller) to maintain an online store, fix errors, and provide support. This included ensuring that the controller had installed the… Slovenia ·Art. 32 Controllers Encryption Processors May 1, 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 Transparency 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
DSB Austria: disclosure of health data to court-appointed expert in legal dispute lawful The data subject was involved in a legal dispute before a civil court in which the findings of an expert opinion led to the dismissal of the case. The expert opinion concerned the… DSB-D124.0850/25 ·Art. 9 Healthcare Health Data Types of Special Categories of Personal Data Jan 28, 2026
GBP 120,000 ICO (UK) - Allay Claims Ltd Allay Claims Ltd (the controller) sent over 4 million direct marketing text messages to individuals promoting a different entity’s services. The DPA received over 48,000… United Kingdom Direct Marketing Recipient Personal Data Jan 15, 2026
The controller, an Austrian registered association, operates a therapy centre for psychosomatic illnesses The data subject was a patient of the controller. On 28 July 2025, the data subject sent an access request by email under Article 15 GDPR, asking for full information on all… DSB-D124.2437/25 ·Austria ·DSB Right of Access Personal Data IP Address Jan 9, 2026
VDAI (Lithuania) - Decision no. 3R-1700. ⇄ Facts: The Data Protection Authority (DPA) ruled that a gambling provider had lawfully transferred data to a processor for the purpose of sending invitations to sporting events,… 3R-1700 ·Litouwen Recipient Controllers Fairness & Transparency Jan 7, 2026
Decision No. 3R-1700. Facts: The data protection authority (DPA) ruled that a gambling operator had lawfully transferred data to a processor for the purpose of sending invitations to sporting events,… 3R-1700 ·Lithuania ·VDAI Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Transparency Jan 7, 2026
€1,000 Roverbella Comprehensive School: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 1,000 on Roverbella Comprehensive School. The controller has sent an email containing a reminder about the vaccination of pupils under… ITALY ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Controllers Processing Public Authority Dec 4, 2025
€3,000 DHL PARCEL IBERIA, S.L.: Violation of the general principles of data processing. ⇄ Een boete van 3.000 euro - opgelegd door de Spaanse autoriteit voor gegevensbescherming (AEPD). SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 32 Controllers Processing Security Sep 22, 2025
€3,000 DHL PARCEL IBERIA, S.L.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 3,000 on DHL PARCEL IBERIA, S.L. The conroller printed the private phone number of the recipient on a parcel, making it visible to third… SPAIN ·AEPD ·Art. 32 Controllers Recipient IP Address Sep 22, 2025
DSB: Google LLC failed to provide complete data in YouTube access request A data subject, represented by noyb, brought a complaint against Google LLC (the controller) in January 2019. According to the data subject, the controller did not provide them… D130.200 ·Austria ·Art. 12, 13, 14 +1 Personal Data Right of Access Recipient Aug 7, 2025