Germany GDPR Fines
Enforced by: DPA OVGNordrhein-Westfal
Germany's data protection authority (DPA OVGNordrhein-Westfal) has issued 522 cookie consent enforcement actions totalling €118.4M with an average fine of €227K. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker, updated daily.
Total Fines
522
Total Amount
€118.4M
Average Fine
€227K
All Fines in Germany
Court case 29 K 9469/23
Court case 10 U 61/25 e
Business owner (data subject)
SCHUFA
Court case I ZR 115/25
Court case 6 U 81/23
Court case 6 K 788/20.WI
Court case Az. VI ZR 396/24
Court case 6 C 1.24
Court case Az. IX B 72/25
Court case 19 U 1468/25 e
Court case VI ZR 431/24
Court case Az: 4 U 884/24
Company
Company
Court case Az. I ZB 36/25
Data Subject versus B. GmbH (a private security company responsible for security operations at a shopping centre in Bavaria)
Court case 29 K 6375/25
CJEU case C-655/23 Quirin Privatbank
Court case Az. VI ZR 426/24
Court case 30 C 138/21
Meta Platforms Inc.
Court case 11 C 157/24
Court case IX R 25/24
Municipality of Bremen
Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr AG
Data Subject v. Music Streaming Service (and its processor and sub-processor)
Court case 22 C 1423/25
Court case 8 AZR 117/24
Data Subject versus Social Media Platform Operator
User (data subject)
Facebook User
Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
E (the controller)
Data subject versus Private Credit Agency
Court case 13 O 156/24
Court case 18 SLa 959/24
Data Subject versus Platform A
Court case VI ZR 67/23
Data Subject versus City of Osnabrück
Ex-employee (data subject)
Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company
Court case 324 O 278/23
Court case Az. 8 AZR 209/21
Court case 30087 C 102/24
Data Subject verus Finanzamt (FA)
Court case 4 U 120/24 e
Court case 15 U 249/24
Court case I ZR 223/19
Court case I ZR 186/17
Google Ireland Ltd
Court case 5 U 129/24
Court case IV ZR 204/23
Court case 10 A 5385/22
Court case 16 U 184/23
Police Officer
Data Subject versus Bavarian public broadcasting authority
A (data subject)
Court case 13 U 11/24
The Federal Republic of Germany
Court case 7 Sa 635/23
Court case 3 U 145/24
Meta
Court case 6 C 3.23
Court case VI ZR 183/22
a private individual (plaintiff)
Court case 15 O 262/23
Data Controller (entity responsible for reporting to SCHUFA)
Court case 1 R 461/24 OVG
Court case 2 O 49/24
Court case IX R 25/22
Court case 14 O 472/23
FT (an agent for players and Vice-President of Football Forum)
Court case 62 O 194/23
Court case 3 C 29/23
Court case 4 U 808/24
Court case VI ZR 22/24
Plaintiff (User of the social network Fxxx), Defendant (Operator of the platform)
Court case I-25 U 25/24
Court case 17 U 2/24
Court case 6 U 114/23
Court case 5 Ca 663/24
Court case 27 U 2473/24 e
Facebook/Meta
Vodafone
Debt collection service provider
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Court case 6 U 127/24
Court case 20 U 51/24
Court case 16 U 45/23
Court case 3 C 112/24
Court case 27 O 60/24
CJEU case C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke
Court case 10 O 4/24
Court case 13 O 220/23
HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG
Court case 3 Ca 77/24
Telecom provider (Controller)
Court case 6 O 65/24
Court case 62 O 88/23
Court case IX R 6/23
Employee versus Employer
Court case 3 U 2469/23
Court case 1 O 64/24
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd
MK
Court case 9 O 173/24
Google Ireland Limited
Microsoft Corporation
Employee (data subject)
Court case 14 K 870/22
Court case 24 O 1624/23
Bayerischen Landesamtes für Datenschutzaufsicht
Tenants
Court case 6 O 2465/23
Court case VI ZR 370/22
Customer (Data subject)
Court case VI ZR 223/21
juris GmbH
Person pretending to be the data subject
Court case 1 A 217/22 MD
Finanzamt
Court case 11 Sa 808/23
Financial advisory firm (controller)
Court case 2 Ca 4416/23
Callcenter
Court case 1 K 187/21
Court case VI ZR 15/23
Dansk Retursystem
BL
CEE Projekte Verwaltung GmbH
WetterOnline Meteorologische Services GmbH
Doctor´s Office
Unknown
Multiple Police Officers
Online retailer
Company
Police employees
Company
Doctor´s Office
Company
Freelancer
Hotel
Company
Company
Vodafone GmbH
Company
Company
CRIF Bürgel
A Pakistani national, the plaintiff
UF (data subject and claimant before national court)
Court case 15 U 108/23
CJEU case C-807/21 Deutsche Wohnen
Postbeamtenkrankenkasse (PBeaKK, German Postal Civil Servants’ Health Insurance Fund)
Court case 3 Bs 146/23
Court case 4 U 347/21
Telekom Deutschland GmbH
Court case 5 Ca 877/23
CJEU case C‑307/22 FT (Copies of medical records)
Court case 7 K 2578/22
S-Bahn Berlin
Court case IV ZR 177/22
Court case 4 ZB 23.1056
Court case 3 S 13/23
Court case 51 C 206/23
Facebook Inc.
Court case 15 U 184/22
Court case AN 14 K 19.01313
Court case 9 Sa 73/21
Court case 3 Sa 33/22
Court case 322 C 3109/23 (2)
Court case 10 U 1633/22
Court case ECLI:DE:LGMS:2023:0704.16O238.22.00
Meta Platforms
Court case 2 AZR 296/22
Bundespolizei
Magdeburg Administrative Court
VG Mainz
Court case 33 O 461/22
Court case 11 U 9/23
Court case 93 O 167/20
Court case 10 O 126/22
Court case 13 O 126/22
Court case 9 AZR 383/19
Deutsche Kreditbank
Court case 28 O 138/22
Court case 5 BV 20.2104
Court case 2-24 O 156/21
Court case 15 O 74/22
Energie AG
www.heise.de
Court case 6 TaBVGa 2/22
UZ
Court case 20 U 146/22
Court case 12 Sa 18/23
Court case 8 U 94/22
Court case 332 O 243/21
Court case 33 O 5976/22
Election Commitee of the Workers Council of SuperVista AG
Court case 16 U 10/22
Court case 2 A 111/22
Court case 5 Sa 1046/22
Court case 4 O 13063/22
Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V., Beratungsstelle Köln
Court case 31 C 2043/22 (78)
Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony
Court case 19 O 147/22
Court case 13 K 278/21
Court case 1 Sa 148/22
Court case L 16 SF 5/21 DS
X-Fab Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
Court case 3 Ca 150/21
Court case 1 K 6024/20
Court case 3 K 596/22
Court case 14 Sa 359/22
ITZBund
Court case 4 Sa 201 22
Court case 10 O 14/21
Court case 11 U 88/22
Court case 3 O 277/22
Magdeburg University Hospital
Company
Store detective
Humboldt Forum Service GmbH
Police officers
Daycare center
Fishing club
Private individual
Operator of a dating platform
Company
Website operator
Real estate agency
Supermarket
Company
Pizza delivery service
Physician
Court case 8 U 165/22
jameda GmbH
www.jameda.de
TU and others
Court case 10 E 1898/22
Court case 12 U 305/21
Court case 5 O 195/22
Court case AN 14 K 22.00468
Court case 3 L 763/22.NW
Court case 4 K 1338/21
Court case 2 A 124/22
Court case 8 Ca 135/22
Court case 4 BV 21.2328
Property development company
Surveyor
Company
Court case 2 O 186/22
Court case 15 Verg 8/22
Court case 9 O 158/21
Court case 2 AZR 225/20
Court case 2 Sa 16/21
Healy
Court case 4 C 1845/21
Court case 12 W 23/22
Hannoversche Volksbank
Hamburgische Krebsregister (Hamburg Cancer Registry)
Volkswagen
Court case 4 K 836/21
paydirekt GmbH
Court case 11 ZB 22.895
Court case 5 L1281/22.F
The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control
Pflegeplatzmanager GmbHhttps://gruendelpartner.de/newsroom/gruendelpartner-erwirkt-weitreichende-entscheidung-zur-unzulaessigkeit-von-cloud-und-it-dienstleistungen-durch-us-tochterunternehmen-in-deutschland/
Court case 8 O 1280/21
Court case 5 O 1954/21
Court case 28 O 168/22
Court case 1 S 27/22
Court case 2 K 98/20
Court case 6 Ta 49/22
Court case 20 U 295/21
Court case 15 K 194/20
Court case M 3 E 22.667
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Commissioner for Data Protection and Information Security of the State Thüringen
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit
Paul Strobach
Court case 25 K 2138/19
Court case 18 Ca 6830/21
Google Ireland Ltd.
Court case 4 S 1/21
Court case 4 U 1905/21
Court case 8 U 2907/21
Court case 4 CS 21.2254
Court case 13 U 206/20
BREBAU GmbH
Court case 6 C 7.20
Court case 10 C 4.20
Tina Turner
Court case 18 O 204/21
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
Court case 4 U 111/21
Tenant
Jameda
Bild
Court case 13 O 129/21
Court case 31 O 714/21
Municipal administration association for water supply
Bank
Tax Authority
Employee
Court case 3 O 17493/20
Court case 13 U 84/19
Der Hessische Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (FOMR) - Bundesamt für Migartion und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH
Physician
Company
Covid-19 test center
Covid-19 test center
Data protection officer
Company
Covid-19 test center
Medical care center
Pharmacy
Credit agency
Police officer
Restaurant operator
Company
Sports photography company
Supermarket
Debt collection company
Operator of a swimming pool
Bank
Aid organization
Restaurant operator
Logistics company
Law firm
Court case 1 B 72/21
Court case 2 AZR 235/21
Court case 4 U 1278/21
Scalable Capital
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
Court case 4 U 1158/21
German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball Bund, DFB)
Court case 4 U 484/20
Court case 5 O 151/19
CJEU case C-687/21 Saturn Electro
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (Germany)
Online Pharmacy
Court case 25 NE 21.2634
Court case 15 K 118/20
Court case 16 K 16155/21
Court case ECLI:DE:LAGNI:2021:1022.16SA761.20.00
Court case 10 Sa 443/21
Court case 29 K 7031/19
Court case 2 O 448/20
Court case 5 O 457/20
Court case 3 U 2906/20
Court case 3 S 50/21
Private Individual
Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH
Court case 6 O 190/21
Federal State of Bavaria
Court case 14 K 19.01274
Court case L 3 R 7/21
Court case 2 C 133/21
Court case 23 O 10931/20
Court case 4 U 324/21
Court case 1 U 69/20
Court case 1 W 18/21
Schufa Holding AG
Court case M 32 K 20.2879
Court case 10 A 10302/21
Court case VI ZR 576/19
Transporting Company
Court case 16 A 1582/21
Court case 1 A 1343/19 SN
Court case 2 A 370/20
Court case 9 U 34/21
Court case 5 L 623/21.F
Court case 1 A 1254/20 SN
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VfB Stuttgart 1893 AG
Court case 17 Sa 37/20
Deutsche Wohnen SE
Data protection authority of Saarland (defendant)
Court case 1 BvR 2853/19
notebooksbilliger.de
Clinic
Private individual
Police officer
Physician
Political organization
Bank employee
Physician
Restaurant
Gym owner
Attorney
Job center employee
Car trading group
Energy supplier
Police department
Real estate agent
Beverage retailer
Medical clinic
Company
Electronics store
StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH
Company
Court case 18 U 5493/19 Pre
Court case 18 U 2822/19 Pre
Court case 410d C 197/20
ABIS GmbH
Court case 16 W 37/20
Freistaat Sachsen
Telecoms provider (1&1 Telecom GmbH)
Court case 29 OWi 1/20
Court case 2 ME 426/20
Court case 51 O 513/20
Court case 5 Bs 152/20
Court case 2-03 O 356/20
H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG
Court case 1 K 584/19.MZ
Claimant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. (vzbv)
Court case 2-03 O 48/19
Court case 2-03 O 282/19
Court case 1 K 90.19
Court case VerfGH Lv 15/20
Court case 7 CE 20.1822
Inn with Hotel (name not mentioned) V. A public authorty responsible for food quality control (name not mentioned)
Court case RN 9 K 19.1061
Court case BGH VI ZR 405/18
Court case BGH VI ZR 476/18
Court case 1 L 134/20
Court case 11 LA 104/19
Court case 1 K 473/19.MZ
Court case 14 U 150/23
Court case 2 LB 565/17
Gambling hall operator
Court case OVG 3 S 24/20
Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ('AOK') (health insurance company)
Court case 1 S 1739/20
Court case 10 Sa 2130/19
Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V.
Court case 1 BvR 1873/13, 1 BvR 2618/13 (Bestandsdatenauskunft II)
Court case 12 B 19.1648
Judicial Examination Office of the State North-Rhine Westphalia
candidate for election to the defendant's chamber (chamber of dentists)
Butcher shop chain
Court case 12 Sa 186/19
Court case 1 S 397/19
Court case 11 ZB 19.991
Court case 9 Ca 6557/18
Court case 3L 1028.19
Trade association
Veterinarian (anonymous)
Αnonymous
Court case 2 K 182.19
Court case 12 K 213/19
N.N.
Court case 17 K 3920/19
Clearview AI Inc.
Unknown
Corporation
Medical assistant
Restaurant
Employee at a Covid 19 testing center
Restaurant
Operator of a ballet school
Company
Company
Company
Court case 2-03 O 4/19
Court case 2-03 O 6/19
Court case 4 Ta 413/19
Rapidata GmbH
Hospital
Court case 11 K 4526/16
Court case 15 U 89/19
Court case 15 U 126/19
Court case 34 O 13123/19
Court case 9 U 6/19
NDR
Der Spiegel
Restaurant
Deutsche Wohnen SE
Food company
Food craft company (unknown)
Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Hamburg DPA)
Court case 4 K 252/19.GI
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Court case 6 C 13.18
Court case VI ZB 39/18
Delivery Hero
Private person (YouTube-Channel)
Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG
Court case 4 U 760/19
Police Officer
Company in the financial sector
N26
Private person
Unknown Company
Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH (HVV GmbH)
Hamburger Volksbank eG
Restaurant
Unknown
Unknown
Facebook Germany GmbH
Court case Sa 11/18
Kolibri Image Regina und Dirk Maass GbR
Knuddels GmbH & Co. KG
Knuddels.de
Court case 8 C 130/18
Court case 11 O 1741/18 UWG
Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein
Unknown customer
Unknown
Patrick Breyer
Land Hessen
Heinz Huber