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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

Court case 10 A 5144/23

Aug 2026
final
No monetary fine

FT (an agent for players and Vice-President of Football Forum)

Jul 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case V ZB 90/25

May 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. 1 L 3441/25

May 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 42 K 73/25

May 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 42 K 51.25

Apr 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. 1 WRB 1.25

Mar 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 C 7.24

Mar 2026
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Feb 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 327 O 38/25

Dec 2025
final
No monetary fine

SCHUFA

Dec 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

Dec 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Nov 2025
final
No monetary fine

paydirekt GmbH

Nov 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 431/24

Oct 2025
final
No monetary fine

LIdl

Sept 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus B. GmbH (a private security company responsible for security operations at a shopping centre in Bavaria)

Sept 2025
final
No monetary fine

Actor (data subject)

Aug 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Inc

Aug 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 30 C 138/21

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 C 157/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject v. Music Streaming Service (and its processor and sub-processor)

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr AG

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 22 C 1423/25

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 8 AZR 117/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Facebook User

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband

Jun 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 18 SLa 959/24

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

May 2025
final
No monetary fine