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Germany

Germany Privacy Enforcement

This database records 144 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 14 are positive monetary fines, totalling €55.8M. The average across those monetary fines is €4.0M. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
144
Total monetary fines
€55.8M
Average monetary fine
€4.0M

Enforcement Actions in Germany

Tina Turner

Feb 2022
final
No monetary fine

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht

Feb 2022
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 111/21

Feb 2022
final
No monetary fine

Instagram

Feb 2022
final
No monetary fine

Bild

Feb 2022
final
No monetary fine

Employee

Jan 2022
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 O 17493/20

Jan 2022
final
No monetary fine

Der Hessische Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit

Jan 2022
final
No monetary fine

German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (FOMR) - Bundesamt für Migartion und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

Jan 2022
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 B 72/21

Dec 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 1278/21

Dec 2021
final
No monetary fine

Deutsche Wohnen SE

Dec 2021
final
No monetary fine

German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball Bund, DFB)

Nov 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 1158/21

Nov 2021
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C-687/21 Saturn Electro

Nov 2021
final
No monetary fine

Online Pharmacy

Nov 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case 25 NE 21.2634

Nov 2021
final
No monetary fine

DPA case 4 Sa 70/20

Oct 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case M 32 K 20.2879

Jun 2021
final
No monetary fine

DPA case Facebook/WhatsApp

May 2021
final
No monetary fine

VfB Stuttgart 1893 AG

Mar 2021
final
€300K

Data protection authority of Saarland (defendant)

Feb 2021
final
No monetary fine

notebooksbilliger.de

Jan 2021
reduced
€900K

Court case 18 U 2822/19 Pre

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 410d C 197/20

Dec 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 ME 426/20

Nov 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 51 O 513/20

Nov 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