Austria

Austria GDPR Fines

Enforced by: DPA DSBAT

Austria's data protection authority (DPA DSBAT) has issued 253 cookie consent enforcement actions totalling €42.5M with an average fine of €168K. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker, updated daily.

Total Fines

253

Total Amount

€42.5M

Average Fine

€168K

All Fines in Austria

Microsoft Corporation

January 2026
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€0

Lawyer (controller)

January 2026
final
€0

Court case W254 2313142-1

January 2026
final
€0

Court case Ro 2023/04/0028

December 2025
final
€0

Federal Minister of Finance

December 2025
final
€0

Maximilian Schrems

November 2025
final
€0

Journalist

November 2025
final
€80

Court case Ra 2023/04/0271

November 2025
final
€0

Court case W291 2298748-1

October 2025
final
€0

CRIF

October 2025
final
€0

A student represented by noyb

October 2025
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
€0

Court case Ra 2023/04/0117

October 2025
final
€0

Court case W256 2278150-1

October 2025
final
€0

Court case Ro 2023/04/0045

September 2025
final
€0

Owner of a Tesla Car

September 2025
final
€600

KSV Information GmbH

September 2025
final
€0

Court case W258 2242162-1

September 2025
final
€0

Bakery Chain

September 2025
final
€34K

A*** GmbH (Controller)

September 2025
final
€870

CJEU case C‑414/24 Datenschutzbehörde (Articulation des recours)

September 2025
final
€0

Company

September 2025
final
€870

Court case W256 2235360-1

September 2025
final
€0

Court case W137 2311069-1

August 2025
final
€0

Court case W252 2307842-1

August 2025
final
€0

Court case W176 2250812-1

August 2025
final
€0

Data Subject versus Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH

August 2025
final
€0

Google LLC

August 2025
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Court case W256 2279237-1/6E

August 2025
final
€0

Media Company

August 2025
final
Reject Harder Than Accept
Cookies Placed Before Consent
No Reject Button
Unclear Cookie Information
€6K

Court case W137 2308681-1

August 2025
final
€0

Court case W258 2299744-1

July 2025
final
€0

Court case W292 2235791-1

July 2025
final
€0

Grindr LLC

July 2025
final
€0

A postal service

July 2025
final
€0

Car Park Management Company

June 2025
final
€16K

Data subject versus Credit Agency

May 2025
final
€0

Court case W171 2298465-1

April 2025
final
€0

Court case W287 2271595-1

April 2025
final
€0

Apple Distribution International Ltd.

April 2025
final
€0

Court case W176 2259543-1

April 2025
final
€0

Court case W292 2301229-1

March 2025
final
€0

CJEU case C-151/20 Nordzucker et al

March 2025
final
€0

Court case 13R3/24t

March 2025
final
Unclear Cookie Information
€0

Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH

February 2025
final
€0

Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung

February 2025
final
€0

Court case W298 2296144-1

February 2025
final
€0

Complainant represented by Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH (Plaintiff)

January 2025
final
€0

Court case Ra 2024/04/0424

January 2025
final
No Reject Button
Reject Harder Than Accept
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€0

Court case W298 2263736-1/9E

January 2025
final
€0

Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde

January 2025
final
€0

Court case W258 2227269-1/39E

December 2024
final
€0

CRIF GmbH

December 2024
final
€0

Google

December 2024
final
€0

Court case W137 2292450-1/4E

December 2024
final
€0

Court case 2 R 192/24h

December 2024
final
€0

Court case W176 2295345-1

December 2024
final
€0

Court case Ra 2024/04/0408

November 2024
final
€0

Court case W252 2282050-1/12E

November 2024
final
Reject Harder Than Accept
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Misleading Banner Messaging
€0

Court case W292 2247063-1/18E

November 2024
final
€0

Österreichischer Rundfunk - ORF

October 2024
final
No Reject Button
Reject Harder Than Accept
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€0

Datenschutzbehörde (DPA)

October 2024
final
€0

Company

October 2024
final
€5K

Court case W108 2277566-1

October 2024
final
€0

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

October 2024
final
€0

Court case W256 2248861-1/8E

September 2024
final
€0

Court case W287 2248365-1/12E

September 2024
final
€0

Court case W298 2274626-1/8E

September 2024
final
Unclear Cookie Information
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Cookies Persist After Rejection
€0

Court case W252 2277317-1

September 2024
final
€0

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich

September 2024
final
€0

Court case W214 2254151-1

August 2024
final
€0

IKEA

August 2024
appealed
€1.5M

Company

August 2024
final
€1.5M

Court case W108 2280724-1

July 2024
final
No Reject Button
Misleading Banner Messaging
Unclear Cookie Information
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€0

Court case W 108 2284491-1

July 2024
final
Reject Harder Than Accept
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
€0

Court case W137 2271316-1

July 2024
final
€0

Court case W137 2278780-1

July 2024
final
€0

Dieter A. (data subject)

July 2024
final
€0

Court case W256 2246230-1

June 2024
final
€0

Covid 19 Test Lab

June 2024
final
€100K

Court case W298 2255416-1

May 2024
final
€0

Court case W211 2281997-1/5 E

April 2024
final
Misleading Banner Messaging
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No Reject Button
No Granular Cookie Choice
€0

Court case W292 2248672-1

April 2024
final
€0

XXXX

April 2024
final
€0

Court case 2021/04/0030-4

March 2024
final
€0

Austrian Data Protection Authority

February 2024
final
€0

Court case W252 2246156-1

January 2024
final
€0

Court case W258 2243523-1/9E

January 2024
final
€0

Court case W298 2266986 -1/20E

January 2024
final
€0

Website operator

January 2024
final
€10K

Media Company

January 2024
final
€15K

Public Employment Service Austria (respondent in the initial trial before the DSB)

December 2023
final
€0

Court case W292 2267784-1

December 2023
final
€0

OSCE

December 2023
final
€0

Unknown

December 2023
final
€6K

Prisoner (data subject)

December 2023
final
€0

Court case W214 2233132-1/27E

November 2023
final
€0

Arbeitsmarktservice

November 2023
final
€0

Court case W214 2222613-2

November 2023
final
€0

Dr. Franziska A.

November 2023
final
€0

Court case W108 2263948-1/4E

October 2023
final
€0

Court case W256 2275675-1

October 2023
final
€0

Court case W176 2265088-1

October 2023
final
€0

Court case W214 2275073-1

October 2023
final
€0

Court case W256 2234851-1

September 2023
final
€0

Phyisician

September 2023
final
€10K

Briggs & Stratton LLC

September 2023
final
No Reject Button
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.

September 2023
final
No Reject Button
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Court case W211 2261980-1

September 2023
final
€0

Court case W252 2249734-1

September 2023
final
€0

Court case W274 2243598-1

August 2023
final
€0

Court case W252 2247092-1

August 2023
final
€0

Court case W211 2268942-1

July 2023
final
€0

Court case W256 2234976-1 and W256 2234976-2

July 2023
final
€0

Court case W137 2255764-1

June 2023
final
€0

gynaecologist

June 2023
final
€10K

Court case W252 2246581-1/6E

June 2023
final
€0

Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian DPA)

June 2023
final
€0

Court case W274 2251055-1/5E

June 2023
final
€0

Private individual

June 2023
final
€1K

Court case W252 2237416-1

June 2023
final
€0

Court case W252 2248630-1

June 2023
final
€0

Court case W252 2246883-1

June 2023
final
€0

Court case W298 2269087-1

June 2023
final
€0

Court case W176 2255954-1

May 2023
final
€0

Österreichischen Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian data protection authority)

May 2023
final
€0

Clearview AI

May 2023
final
€0

Court case W298 2252644-1

April 2023
final
€0

Der Standard

March 2023
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
No Granular Cookie Choice
No Reject Button
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Misleading Banner Messaging
€0

Court case Ro 2019/04/0232

March 2023
final
€0

Meta Platforms Inc.

March 2023
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Court case W292 2259696-1

February 2023
final
€0

Court case W292 2248134-1

February 2023
final
€0

Court case W252 2248013-1

January 2023
final
€0

Court case W176 2248585-1

January 2023
final
€0

Court case W101 2218962-2

January 2023
final
€0

CJEU case C-154/21 Österreichische Post (Information regarding the recipients of personal data)

January 2023
final
€0

Wikimedia Foundation Inc

January 2023
final
€0

Political party

January 2023
reduced
€28K

Court case W176 2247074-1

December 2022
final
€0

Court case G 287/2022-16, G 288/2022-14

December 2022
final
€0

Public Employment Service

November 2022
final
€0

Datenschutzbehörde

October 2022
final
€0

Operator of a public toilet

August 2022
final
€25K

Court case W252 2239742-1/11Z

July 2022
final
€0

Osterreichische Post AG (controller)

June 2022
final
€0

Court case W176 2249328-1/4Z

May 2022
final
€0

Court case W214 2233132-1/13E

May 2022
final
€0

Austrian Federal Minister of Finance (BMF)

May 2022
final
€0

BF (insured/data subject)

April 2022
final
€0

1) unknown data subject (complainant before the DSB)

April 2022
final
€0

Mag. (FH) XXXX

March 2022
final
€0

Court case W245 2247035-1/8E and W245 2251274-1/6E

March 2022
final
€0

Court case Ra 2020/04/0187

February 2022
final
€0

Federal Minister of Finances

February 2022
final
€0

Mrs. B

February 2022
final
€0

J*Club

February 2022
final
€0

DSB

February 2022
final
€0

unknown teacher (claimant)

February 2022
final
€0

1. unknown data subject (co-participant and complainant in the procedure before the DSB)

January 2022
final
€0

REWE International AG

January 2022
final
€8.0M

website visitor and Google user (data subject and complainant)

December 2021
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Court case W211 2234354-1

December 2021
final
€0

DSB (Austria)

December 2021
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Unknown data subject (complainant)

December 2021
final
€0

Court case W176 2245370-1

December 2021
final
€0

Court case W214 2225733-1

December 2021
final
€0

unnknown data subject

December 2021
final
€0

Vienna police officers

December 2021
final
€0

Disziplinarrat der Österreichischen Ärztekammer

November 2021
final
€0

Court case 2R149/21a

November 2021
final
€0

unknown data subject (complainant before the DSB)

November 2021
final
€0

(School)Teacher

October 2021
final
€0

Rudolf A***

September 2021
final
€0

Address Broker

September 2021
appealed
€500K

Austrian Post

September 2021
final
€9.5M

Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde - DSB)

September 2021
final
€0

1) unknown data subject (complainant in the procedure before the DSB)

September 2021
final
€0

Court case W256 2227693-1

August 2021
final
€0

1. unknown (complainant before the Austrian Data Protection Autority)

August 2021
final
€0

Verein für Konsumenten Information (VKI)

August 2021
final
€0

unnkown individual (controller and perpetrator)

August 2021
final
€600

Court case 6Nc19/21b

August 2021
final
Unclear Cookie Information
€0

Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH

August 2021
reduced
€500K

unknown journalist

July 2021
final
€0

Max Schrems

June 2021
final
€0

Court case 6Ob87/21v

June 2021
final
€0

Facebook Ireland

June 2021
final
€0

Court case W274 2237071-1

June 2021
final
€0

Sky Österreich Fernsehen GmbH

May 2021
final
€0

Court case W214 2219800-3

April 2021
final
€0

Court case W214 2228164-1

April 2021
final
€0

Court case W214 2216836-1

March 2021
final
€0

Corina A***

February 2021
final
€0

unknown (claimant)

February 2021
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€0

Dr. Walter A. (complainant)

February 2021
final
€0

Unknown

February 2021
final
€3K

Data Protection Authority - DSB (appellant and applicant)

January 2021
final
€0

Brigitte A. (complainant)

January 2021
final
€0

Customer loyalty program

January 2021
reduced
€700K

Bank

January 2021
reduced
€4.0M

Private individual

January 2021
final
€600

Court case 6Ob138/20t

December 2020
final
€0

Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

December 2020
final
€0

doctor

December 2020
final
€0

Tenant

December 2020
final
€0

Austrian Postal Service (fined controller)

November 2020
final
€0

Austrian Postal Service (Plaintiff)

November 2020
final
€0

Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI)

November 2020
final
€0

unnkown police investigator (data subject and complainant before the DSB)

November 2020
final
€0

Court case W274 2224363-1

November 2020
final
€0

Dr. Uwe A*** (complainant)

November 2020
final
€0

A tenant (defendant)

October 2020
final
€0

Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian Data Protection Authority)

October 2020
final
€0

unknown natural person (fined controller)

October 2020
final
€150

Dr. P*** K*** (medical doctor)

October 2020
final
€600

A student (defendant)

September 2020
final
€0

A*** GmbH (commercial register code: FN *5*1*91r)

September 2020
final
€0

Court case W214 2230473-1

September 2020
final
€0

unknown data subject

September 2020
final
€0

Dr. Markus A*** (Complainant)

September 2020
final
€0

Ulrike A*** (complainant)

September 2020
final
€0

KSV1870 Information GmbH (respondent in the initial procedure before the DSB)

August 2020
final
€0

Bank

August 2020
final
€100

Court case W211 2221963-1

July 2020
final
€0

Richard A*** (data subject/complainant)

May 2020
final
€0

Natural person (complainant)

May 2020
final
€0

Complainant: unnkown GmbH (limited company), pharma trade

May 2020
final
€0

Court case Ro 2019/04/0229

May 2020
final
€0

Complainant: Iris A***

February 2020
final
€0

Christian Wirthensohn

February 2020
final
€0

Employee (anonymous)

January 2020
final
€0

Court case G 72-74/2019 G 181-182/2019

December 2019
final
€0

Dr. Ludwig A***

December 2019
final
€0

unknown (Austrian Credit Agency)

November 2019
final
€0

Court case 4Ob84/19k

November 2019
final
€0

Court case W211 2210458-1/10

November 2019
final
€0

Court case W256 2214855-1/6E

November 2019
final
€0

Court case W211 2223654-1

November 2019
final
€0

VKI

November 2019
final
€0

Österreichische Post AG

October 2019
final
Unclear Cookie Information
€0

Austrian Post

October 2019
reduced
€16.0M

Company in the medical sector

August 2019
reduced
€25K

Private person (soccer coach)

July 2019
final
€11K

unknown (private person)

June 2019
final
€0

Schrems

May 2019
final
€0

Private person

December 2018
final
€2K

Betting place

December 2018
final
€5K

Private car owner

September 2018
final
€300

Kebab restaurant

January 2018
reduced
€2K

Verein für Konsumenteninformation

July 2016
final
€0

Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB)

July 2010
final
€0

LSG-Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Leistungsschutzrechten GmbH

February 2009
final
€0

Österreichischer Rundfunk

May 2003
final
€0