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Fines enforced to date by supervisory authorities

Fines enforced to date by supervisory authorities

To ensure that laws are implemented across the board, violations of a law are often penalised with fines or financial penalties ...and the other... So also punishes the GDPR Infringements with a fine which, according to Art. 83 para. 1, shall be "effective, proportionate and dissuasive in each individual case". On this page, we compile a list of the fines imposed by the supervisory authorities known to us and try to classify these fines enforced so far in terms of Art. 83.

Overview of enforced data protection fines

Examples of GDPR fines: what happens in data protection

GDPR infringements are punished with heavy fines. Find out which data protection infringements are suspected and secure yourself.

Data protection fine imposed on the Municipality of Oslo Education Authority

120.000 € because the security of the app "Skolemelding" for communication between school staff, parents and pupils was not guaranteed.

Data protection fine Swedish company

35,000 euros fine for violation of three Swedish laws at once. Information about creditworthiness published.

Highest data protection fine to date hits Delivery Hero

In August, the Berlin data protection commissioner had already imposed the highest German fine to date, amounting to 195,407 euros.

Data protection fine for the City of Oslo

EUR 50 000 fine for a serious infringement by the City of Oslo. Over a period of 11 years, patient data was incorrectly processed.

BfDI imposes fine on Rapidata GmbH

No appointment of a data protection officer despite repeated requests. Expensive even for small companies.

BfDI imposes fine on telecommunications service provider

1&1 Telecom GmbH has to pay a fine of EUR 9,550,000 for insufficient technical and organisational measures.

Data protection fine for hospital in Rhineland-Palatinate

In addition to various data protection violations, one patient was confused when he was admitted to the hospital.

Fines imposed on public bodies in Belgium

Data used without permission for election campaigns. You can read about why the Belgian supervisory authority punishes public bodies particularly severely in the article.

Data protection fine la Tribuna de Pamplona Spain

The portal La Tribuna de Cartagena published information about a person who was the victim of a crime in 2018 without their consent.

Data protection fine due to revocation of consent

To what extent did the company that was punished violate the DSGVO? What must be taken into account when revoking consent?

Million Euro fine against Deutsche Wohnen

On 05.11.2019, the Berlin data protection authority imposed a fine in an unprecedented amount. Deutsche Wohnen is to pay 14.5 million euros.

Fine imposed on Romanian company Artmark Holding SRL

The reason was the transmission of advertising messages by e-mail without the express and unambiguous consent of the persons concerned.

Polish fine public body

40,000 zloty against the Mayor of the City of Aleksandrów Kujawski. A reduction of the fine is not possible due to bad cooperation.

Fines against Raiffeisen Bank and Vreau Credit

The two organisations checked the creditworthiness of individuals. Personal information was exchanged using WhatApp.

Fines against Elefant Online

Fines for Elefant Online SA for e-mail communication that does not comply with DSGVO. What specific infringements caused the fine?

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