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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 93 O 167/20

Jun 2023
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Court case 10 O 126/22

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Facebook

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Facebook

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 O 126/22

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 9 AZR 383/19

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 28 O 138/22

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Deutsche Kreditbank

May 2023
appealed
€300K

Court case 5 BV 20.2104

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2-24 O 156/21

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 O 74/22

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Energie AG

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

www.heise.de

May 2023
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

UZ

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 20 U 146/22

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 12 Sa 18/23

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 332 O 243/21

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 8 U 94/22

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 33 O 5976/22

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Election Commitee of the Workers Council of SuperVista AG

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 A 111/22

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 U 10/22

Apr 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 5 Sa 1046/22

Mar 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 O 13063/22

Mar 2023
final
No monetary fine

Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V., Beratungsstelle Köln

Mar 2023
final
Misleading Banner Messaging
No monetary fine

Court case 31 C 2043/22 (78)

Mar 2023
final
No monetary fine

Data Protection Authority of Lower Saxony

Mar 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 19 O 147/22

Mar 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 K 278/21

Feb 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 Sa 148/22

Feb 2023
final
No monetary fine