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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
€30,000 Garante: Bologna University Hospital rightly refused erasure of recruitment ranking data The DPA received a complaint from a data subject, regarding the ranking list published as part of a recruitment procedure at the Bologna University Hospital IRCCS (the… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 9 Personal Data Retention Period Healthcare Sep 29, 2026
€39,000 Italian DPA: employer breached Art. 15 GDPR by ignoring access request over disciplinary The data subject, a security guard of La Patria S.p.A. (the controller), complained to the DPA about the lack of response by the controller to two access requests regarding the… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 12, 13, 15 Supervisory Authorities Right of Access Personal Data 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
€403M Google Ireland Limited: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Google Ireland Limited €403 million on September 21, 2026, following an inquiry into the company's processing of personal data… DPC ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 ·Insufficient legal basis for data processing Legitimate Interest Personal Data Supervision Sep 21, 2026
Icelandic DPA: City of Reykjavik cannot request bank statements from NPA disabled service The DPA received a request from a the NPA Centre, the service manager of services for disabled people with long-term care needs, asking whether the Social Services Department of… 2025020567 ·Iceland ·Persónuvernd Supervisory Authorities Public Authority Personal Data Sep 17, 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
€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
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
€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 Right to Object Personal Data Direct Marketing Sep 3, 2026
€8,000 Azienda Speciale per la Gestione degli Impianti Sportivi del Comune di Trento: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) found that Azienda Speciale per la Gestione degli Impianti Sportivi del Comune di Trento (A.S.I.S.) unlawfully installed video… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +1 Retention Period Storage Limitation Personal Data Sep 3, 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
€825M AP (The Netherlands) - Uber B.V and Uber Technologies Inc. Uber B.V. and Uber Technologies Inc., the controllers, used software between 2018 and 2022 to monitor drivers’ behaviour and customer ratings. Where the system detected suspected… Art. 22 Automated Decision-Making Profiling Controllers Aug 21, 2026
€825M Uber Technologies Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Dutch Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (AP) fined Uber Technologies Inc. €824,990,000 for non-compliance with general data processing principles, specifically… The Netherlands ·AP ·Art. 13, 14, 22 Automated Decision-Making Supervision Profiling Aug 21, 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
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
€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
Finnish DPA examines anti-doping organization's GDPR compliance over public suspension An athlete (the data subject) gave a doping sample containing a low concentration of a banned substance in August 2020. The national anti-doping organisation (the controller)… TSV/179/2021 ·Finland ·Tietosuojavaltuutettu Supervisory Authorities Personal Data Retention Period Aug 4, 2026
€6,500 Top Secrert Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Top Secrert Investigazioni e sicurezza s.r.l. €6,500 for violating the general data processing principles under Article… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 13 Retention Period Storage Limitation Processing Jul 23, 2026
The case involves media company RTI S.p.a (the data controller, now part of Mediaset S.p.a.) and its popular TV program Striscia la Notizia. The program aired a segment consisting of satirical, AI-generated deepfakes of… Case number: 577/2026 Internal number (from the DPA): 10281021 ·Italy ·Garante Transparency Privacy by Design Controllers Jul 23, 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
€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 Types of Special Categories of Personal Data
€20,000 Garante · 471/2026 The provincial Health Authority of Enna (the controller) published a resolution that contained the personal data of a data subject (specifically related to their judicial… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 10 +1 Personal Data Retention Period Criminal Data Jul 18, 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
€16,000 10192784 The data subject, a professional registered with the OPI of Pisa, discovered while consulting the Public Register of Professionals online that the database included the… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 1, 5, 6 +3 Personal Data Retention Period Fairness & Transparency
€50,000 Garante · 10128005 The Calabrian Regional Agency for Agricultural Development (the controller) implemented a remote work policy that required employees to use a time-tracking application called… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 13 +3 Personal Data Monitoring DPIA
€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
€6,000 Municipality of Rieti: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Municipality of Rieti €6,000 for violations of general data processing principles under the GDPR. The enforcement action… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 24 +3 Privacy by Design Retention Period Supervision Jul 14, 2026
€700 La Terrazza: Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined La Terrazza, an entity in the accommodation and hospitality sector, €700 for failing to adequately fulfill its information… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 13 Supervisory Authorities Transparency Jul 14, 2026
€5.8M Hera Comm S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Hera Comm S.p.A. €5,800,000 for violations of the general data processing principles under Article 5 of the GDPR, alongside… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Processors Controllers Supervision Jul 3, 2026
€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
IMY-2024-2904 The supervisory authority launched an investigation into the border control unit of the national police authority (the controller) at Arlanda Airport concerning the processing of… IMY-2024-2904 ·Sweden ·Art. 13 Personal Data Supervisory Authorities Information Provision Modalities and Communication Methods Jul 3, 2026
€1.4M EstEnergy S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined EstEnergy S.p.A. €1,400,000 for violations of general data processing principles under Article 5(1) of the GDPR, alongside… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +3 Controllers Processors Retention Period Jul 3, 2026
€120,000 Experian Italia S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Experian Italia S.p.A. €120,000 for violating GDPR Articles 5(1)(a) and (c), 12, 15, and 25, concerning non-compliance with… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 15 +1 Privacy by Design Right of Access Supervision Jul 3, 2026
€23,750 Società Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A.: Insufficient legal basis for data processing The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Società Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. €23,750 for processing personal data without a sufficient legal basis, in violation of… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5 Personal Data Processing Transparency Jul 3, 2026
€158,000 Character Technologies Inc.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Character Technologies Inc. €158,000 for violations of multiple GDPR provisions, including Article 5(2) on general data… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +5 Accountability Transparency Representatives Jul 3, 2026
€400,000 Cerved Group S.p.A.: Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Cerved Group S.p.A. €400,000 for insufficient fulfillment of data subjects' rights, including violations of Article 5(1)(a),… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 15 Supervisory Authorities Transparency Insurance Jul 3, 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
€5,000 Garante · 457/2026 The Municipality of Vasto (the controller) implemented a dedicated photo and video system for the purpose of detecting violations of the national provisions on traffic safety. A… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 DPIA Personal Data Fairness & Transparency Jun 18, 2026
€6,600 Cosmint S.p.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Cosmint S.p.A. €6,600 for violating general data processing principles in the employment sector, specifically under Articles… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 13 Retention Period Supervision Supervisory Authorities Jun 18, 2026
€20,000 Enna Provincial Health Authority: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined the Enna Provincial Health Authority €20,000 for violating GDPR Articles 5, 6, 10, and 12, which concern general data… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 6, 10 +1 Supervision Supervisory Authorities Transparency Jun 18, 2026
€2,075 Edizioni Grandangolo di Giuseppe Castaldo: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined Edizioni Grandangolo di Giuseppe Castaldo €2,075 for failing to comply with general data processing principles under Articles… Italy ·Garante ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +4 Notification Obligation Data Breaches Controllers Jun 18, 2026
€460,000 Garante · 476/2026 Two former employees (the data subjects) of Piaggio (the controller) were dismissed for just cause in March 2023. Following the termination of their employment, they asked the… Italy ·Art. 5, 6, 12 +2 Retention Period Storage Limitation Personal Data Jun 18, 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
€65,000 MEDE S.A.: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hellenic Data Protection Authority fined MEDE S.A. €65,000 for violating general data processing principles under Article 5 GDPR, along with failures concerning transparency… Greece ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +2 Supervisory Authorities Accountability Right of Access Jun 12, 2026
€95,000 Market-In: Non-compliance with general data processing principles The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) fined Market-In €95,000 for violations of the general data processing principles under Article 5 GDPR, including failures related to… Greece ·HDPA ·Art. 5, 12, 13 +2 Retention Period Accountability Right of Access Jun 12, 2026