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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 15 U 108/23

Dec 2023
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C-807/21 Deutsche Wohnen

Dec 2023
final
No monetary fine

Postbeamtenkrankenkasse (PBeaKK, German Postal Civil Servants’ Health Insurance Fund)

Nov 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 347/21

Nov 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 Bs 146/23

Nov 2023
final
No monetary fine

Ex-employee (data subject)

Nov 2023
final
No monetary fine

Telekom Deutschland GmbH

Nov 2023
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 5 Ca 877/23

Nov 2023
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C‑307/22 FT (Copies of medical records)

Oct 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 7 K 2578/22

Oct 2023
final
No monetary fine

S-Bahn Berlin

Oct 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case IV ZR 177/22

Sept 2023
final
No monetary fine

DPA case 521.14877.15

Sept 2023
final
No Reject Button
Misleading Banner Messaging
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 4 ZB 23.1056

Sept 2023
final
No monetary fine

LinkedIn

Aug 2023
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
No monetary fine

Court case 3 S 13/23

Aug 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 51 C 206/23

Aug 2023
final
No monetary fine

Facebook Inc.

Aug 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 U 184/22

Aug 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case AN 14 K 19.01313

Aug 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 9 Sa 73/21

Jul 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 Sa 33/22

Jul 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 322 C 3109/23 (2)

Jul 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 U 1633/22

Jul 2023
final
No monetary fine

Bundespolizei

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 AZR 296/22

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Magdeburg Administrative Court

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

VG Mainz

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 33 O 461/22

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 U 9/23

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine