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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 11 C 157/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case IX R 25/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Municipality of Bremen

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject v. Music Streaming Service (and its processor and sub-processor)

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr AG

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 22 C 1423/25

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 8 AZR 117/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Social Media Platform Operator

Jul 2025
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

User (data subject)

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Facebook User

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

E (the controller)

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data subject versus Private Credit Agency

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 O 156/24

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 18 SLa 959/24

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Platform A

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Ex-employee (data subject)

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus City of Osnabrück

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 67/23

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 324 O 278/23

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. 8 AZR 209/21

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 30087 C 102/24

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject verus Finanzamt (FA)

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 120/24 e

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 U 249/24

Apr 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case I ZR 186/17

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case I ZR 223/19

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Google Ireland Ltd

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine