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Austria

Austria Privacy Enforcement

This database records 349 enforcement actions in Austria, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 26 are positive monetary fines, totalling €12.2M. The average across those monetary fines is €470K. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
349
Total monetary fines
€12.2M
Average monetary fine
€470K

Enforcement Actions in Austria

Data Protection Authority - DSB (appellant and applicant)

Jan 2021
final
No monetary fine

DPA case DSB-D124.1177/0006-DSB/2019

Jan 2021
final
No monetary fine

Brigitte A. (complainant)

Jan 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6Ob138/20t

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

Tenant

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

doctor

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

Austrian Postal Service (fined controller)

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Austrian Postal Service (Plaintiff)

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI)

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

DPA case 2020-0.759.615

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case W274 2224363-1

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Dr. Uwe A*** (complainant)

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

beneficiary of financial aid (data subject)

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian Data Protection Authority)

Oct 2020
final
No monetary fine

A tenant (defendant)

Oct 2020
final
No monetary fine

unknown natural person (fined controller)

Oct 2020
final
€150

A student (defendant)

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case W214 2230473-1

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

Dr. Markus A*** (Complainant)

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

Ulrike A*** (complainant)

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

Bank

Aug 2020
final
€100

Court case W211 2221963-1

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Österreichische Post AG

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

DPA case DSB-D205.023

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

unknown data subject

May 2020
final
No monetary fine

Natural person (complainant)

May 2020
final
No monetary fine