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Germany

Germany Privacy Enforcement

This database records 455 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 29 are positive monetary fines, totalling €59.2M. The average across those monetary fines is €2.0M. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
455
Total monetary fines
€59.2M
Average monetary fine
€2.0M

Enforcement Actions in Germany

Court case 16 W 37/20

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 29 OWi 1/20

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Telecoms provider (1&1 Telecom GmbH)

Nov 2020
reduced
€900K

Court case 2 ME 426/20

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 51 O 513/20

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Private Individual

Oct 2020
final
€200

Court case 5 Bs 152/20

Oct 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2-03 O 356/20

Oct 2020
final
No monetary fine

H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG

Oct 2020
final
€35.3M

Court case 1 K 584/19.MZ

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

Claimant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. (vzbv)

Sept 2020
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Court case VerfGH Lv 15/20

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

Inn with Hotel (name not mentioned) V. A public authorty responsible for food quality control (name not mentioned)

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case RN 9 K 19.1061

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case BGH VI ZR 405/18

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case BGH VI ZR 476/18

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 K 473/19.MZ

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 L 134/20

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 14 U 150/23

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Gambling hall operator

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 S 1739/20

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Google

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 Sa 2130/19

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V.

May 2020
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
No monetary fine

Judicial Examination Office of the State North-Rhine Westphalia

Apr 2020
final
No monetary fine

Butcher shop chain

Apr 2020
final
No monetary fine

candidate for election to the defendant's chamber (chamber of dentists)

Apr 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 12 Sa 186/19

Mar 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 S 397/19

Mar 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 ZB 19.991

Mar 2020
final
No monetary fine