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Germany

Germany Privacy Enforcement

This database records 22 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 0 are positive monetary fines, totalling €0. The average across those monetary fines is €0. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
22
Total monetary fines
€0
Average monetary fine
€0

Enforcement Actions in Germany

Court case 4 U 353/24

Apr 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 U 81/23

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

Meta Platforms Inc.

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Social Media Platform Operator

Jul 2025
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
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 6 C 3.23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 9 O 173/24

Jul 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 A 217/22 MD

Mar 2024
final
No monetary fine

WetterOnline Meteorologische Services GmbH

Jan 2024
final
No Reject Button
No monetary fine

A Pakistani national, the plaintiff

Dec 2023
final
No monetary fine

Telekom Deutschland GmbH

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

DPA case 521.14877.15

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

LinkedIn

Aug 2023
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
No monetary fine

Magdeburg Administrative Court

Jun 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 93 O 167/20

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

www.heise.de

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

Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V., Beratungsstelle Köln

Mar 2023
final
Misleading Banner Messaging
No monetary fine

Court case 10 O 14/21

Jan 2023
final
No monetary fine

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences

Dec 2021
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 C 133/21

Sept 2021
final
No monetary fine

Claimant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. (vzbv)

Sept 2020
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V.

May 2020
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
No monetary fine