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€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 · ·Art. 5, 28, 32 Jul 28, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Huizen: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Huizen. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Eindhoven: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Eindhoven. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Ede: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Ede. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Tilburg: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Tilburg. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Haarlemmermeer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Delft: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Delft. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Veenendaal: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Veenendaal. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Hilversum: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Hilversum. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Gooise Meren: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Gooise Meren. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€25,000 Municipality of Zoetermeer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Dutch DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 25,000 on the Municipality of Zoetermeer. The controller, one of ten municipalities that were fined, processed data regarding the Islamic… THE NETHERLANDS · ·Art. 6, 9 Feb 3, 2026
€18,500 Commander of the Municipal Police of Krakow: Failure to Comply with General Data Protection Principles ⇄ 18.500 euro boete - Poolse nationale autoriteit voor de bescherming van persoonlijke gegevens (UODO). POLAND · ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Jan 9, 2026
DSB: complaint against Austrian media company dismissed, but cookie banner instruction issued ⇄ An Austrian media company (the controller) that published local news operated a website that collected personal data from visitors using cookies and a cookie consent banner. The… 2025-0.276.820 ·Oostenrijk Jan 7, 2026
€20,000 Telecommunications company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing. ⇄ The Croatian data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of 20,000 euros on a telecommunications company. A data subject had filed a complaint with the DPA, claiming that… CROATIA · ·Art. 5, 6 Dec 30, 2025
€960 POLAND, Personal Data Protection Authority: Insufficient cooperation with the supervisory authority. ⇄ Een boete van 960 euro - van het Poolse nationale bureau voor de bescherming van persoonlijke gegevens (UODO). ·Art. 58 ·Insufficient cooperation with supervisory authority Dec 30, 2025
€4.5M Telecommunications Company (Operator of Electronic Communications Networks and Services): Violation of the General Principles of Data Processing. ⇄ Een boete van 4.500.000 euro - opgelegd door de Kroatische Autoriteit voor Gegevensbescherming (AZOP). CROATIA · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +4 Nov 24, 2025
€32,000 Autonomous Province of Bolzano: Non-compliance with general principles of data processing. ⇄ Een boete van 32.000 euro - opgelegd door de Italiaanse Autoriteit voor Gegevensbescherming (Garante). ITALY · ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +4 Sep 25, 2025
€2,000 PAVLOS BIKOS SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP DENTAL PRIVATE CAPITAL COMPANY: Insufficient cooperation with the supervisory authority. ⇄ Een boete van 2.000 euro - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA). GREECE · ·Art. 31 Jul 11, 2025
€12,000 Data Diggers Market Research SRL: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Romanian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 12,000 on Data Diggers Market Research SRL. The controller processed personal data without sufficient legal basis. The controller also… ROMANIA · ·Art. 6, 12, 14 +1 May 21, 2025
€21,000 Menarini Silicon Biosystems SpA: Non-compliance with the general principles for data processing. ⇄ 21.000 euro boete - Italiaanse Autoriteit voor de bescherming van persoonlijke gegevens (Garante). ITALY · ·Art. 5, 13 May 21, 2025
€12,000 Data Diggers Market Research SRL: Non-compliance with general principles of data processing. ⇄ Een boete van €12.000 - van de Roemeense nationale toezichthoudende autoriteit voor de verwerking van persoonsgegevens (ANSPDCP). ROMANIA · ·Art. 6, 12, 14 +1 May 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 · ·Art. 5, 13 May 21, 2025
€7,800 Funeral company: insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security. ⇄ Een boete van €7.800 - van het Poolse Nationaal Bureau voor de Bescherming van Persoonlijke Gegevens (UODO). POLAND · ·Art. 5 Apr 15, 2025
€120,000 SERVICIOS ESPECIALES, S.A.: Non-compliance with the general principles for data processing. ⇄ Een boete van 120.000 euro - opgelegd door de Spaanse Autoriteit voor Gegevensbescherming (AEPD). SPAIN · ·Art. 5 Mar 28, 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 · ·Art. 5, 66 Sep 12, 2024
Police employees: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hamburg has imposed two fines on members of the police for accessing police databases for private research purposes. GERMANY · ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2024
€10,000 Company: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Hessen has imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on a company. The controller used data for marketing purposes without a legal basis. The company obtained the data through… GERMANY ·Art. 6, 7 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2024
€1,200 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg has imposed a fine of EUR 1,200 on a police officer. The officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes without a valid… GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2023
€197,000 AMPLIFON Hungary Trade and Service Provider LLC: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hungarian DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 197,000 on AMPLIFON Hungary Trade and Service Provider LLC. The DPA had received complaints from several data subjects for having… ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 ·Non-compliance with general data processing principles Aug 11, 2022
Icelandic DPA: genetic research company violated DPO independence under Art. 38(3) GDPR The Icelandic DPA started an investigation into a genetic research company. More specifically, to assess the company's Data Protection Officer (DPO), as well as the performance of… 2020061979 ·Iceland · Jun 29, 2022
€10M Google LLC: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Spanish DPA (AEPD) has imposed a fine of EUR 10 million on GOOGLE LLC. Two data subjects had complained to the DPA that Google had disclosed their personal data to third… SPAIN · ·Art. 6, 17 May 18, 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 · ·Art. 5, 6, 9 +3 Jan 27, 2022
€28,500 Uppsala regional board: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Swedish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 28,500 on the Uppsala regional board. The fine is the result of an investigation of the Uppsala region (the regional board and the… SWEDEN · ·Art. 32 Jan 26, 2022
€800 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about a colleague. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€7,380 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes over a period of three years. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in the civil register for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in the job center database systems for private research purposes GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€300 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about their ex-partner's new partner. GERMANY ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2022
€180,000 SLIMPAY: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The French DPA (CNIL) has imposed a fine of EUR 180,000 on the payment institution SLIMPAY. In 2015, SLIMPAY conducted an internal research project in which it processed personal… FRANCE · ·Art. 28, 32, 34 Dec 28, 2021
€67,900 Region of Syddanmark: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security The Danish DPA (Datatilsynet) has fined the Region of Syddanmark EUR 67,900 for failing to comply with its obligation as a data controller to implement adequate security measures.… DENMARK · ·Art. 32 Jul 16, 2021
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in social database systems and in the civil register for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
€1,800 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer repeatedly had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
€500 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about a colleague. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Job center employee: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A job center employee had accessed data in social database systems and in the civil register for private research purposes. The employee wanted to prove that two of her colleagues… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer had queried the new partner of a friend's ex-wife because he feared that… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer repeatedly had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer accused in a criminal case intended to use the information from the… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
€400 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes. The officer had purchased a notebook for private use on an Internet platform. Since the… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in a police database for private research purposes. The police officer queried his stepson's investigative process in order to prepare him for… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021
€600 Police officer: Insufficient legal basis for data processing A police officer had accessed data in police databases for private research purposes in order to obtain information about his ex-wife's new address. He discovered where his… GERMANY ·Art. 5, 6 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Jan 1, 2021