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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 5 U 129/24

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 A 5385/22

Mar 2025
final
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Court case IV ZR 204/23

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 U 184/23

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Police Officer

Mar 2025
final
€4K

Data Subject versus Bavarian public broadcasting authority

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

A (data subject)

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Facebook

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 U 11/24

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

The Federal Republic of Germany

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 U 145/24

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 C 3.23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

a private individual (plaintiff)

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 183/22

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 O 262/23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Controller (entity responsible for reporting to SCHUFA)

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 O 49/24

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 R 461/24 OVG

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case IX R 25/22

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 14 O 472/23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 62 O 194/23

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 C 29/23

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

MK

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 808/24

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case I-25 U 25/24

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 17 U 2/24

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 U 114/23

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 5 Ca 663/24

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine