Pizza delivery service – €5,000 Fine (Germany, 2023)
General GDPR enforcement action
This case relates to broader data protection obligations, not specifically to cookie or consent banner compliance. It is not included in cookie statistics or the Risk Calculator.
A pizza delivery service in Germany was fined EUR 5,000 for improperly disposing of receipts with customers' personal data at a public waste site. This case highlights the need for businesses to securely handle and dispose of customer information.
What happened
The pizza delivery service improperly disposed of receipts containing customers' personal data at a public waste disposal site.
Who was affected
Customers whose personal data was on the discarded receipts.
What the authority found
The German DPA fined the pizza delivery service for failing to securely dispose of personal data, violating GDPR's data protection principles.
Why this matters
This case underscores the importance of secure data disposal practices for businesses. Companies should ensure that any documents containing personal information are disposed of in a way that prevents unauthorized access.
View original scraped data
Original imported citations before automated processing; the processing history does not establish independent verification.
Source checks
Linked-source text retrieved.
Automated check recorded — 14 March 2026.
Processing notes: authority corrected.
Retrieved text may be a secondary summary or an announcement. These automated statuses do not establish that the original decision was read or that the record received an independent legal review. How we check sources
The DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg has imposed a four-digit fine on a pizza delivery service. The controller had disposed of receipts containing customers' personal data at a public waste disposal site.
Related Enforcement Actions (1)
Other enforcement actions involving Pizza delivery service in DE
Details
Fine Date
1 January 2023
Authority
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Fine Amount
€5,000
About this data
Cite as: Cookie Fines. Pizza delivery service - Germany (2023). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
Last updated: