Germany

Germany GDPR Fines

This database records 670 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 135 are positive monetary fines, totalling €123.0M. The average across those monetary fines is €911K. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
670
Total monetary fines
€123.0M
Average monetary fine
€911K

Enforcement Actions in Germany

ABIS GmbH

November 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 W 37/20

November 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 29 OWi 1/20

November 2020
final
No monetary fine

Freistaat Sachsen

November 2020
final
No monetary fine

Telecoms provider (1&1 Telecom GmbH)

November 2020
reduced
€900K

Court case 2 ME 426/20

November 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 51 O 513/20

November 2020
final
Misleading Banner Messaging
No monetary fine

Private Individual

October 2020
final
€200

Court case 5 Bs 152/20

October 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2-03 O 356/20

October 2020
final
No monetary fine

H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG

October 2020
final
€35.3M

Court case 1 K 584/19.MZ

September 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

September 2020
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Court case 2-03 O 48/19

September 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2-03 O 282/19

September 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 K 90.19

August 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case VerfGH Lv 15/20

August 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 7 CE 20.1822

August 2020
final
No monetary fine

Inn with Hotel (name not mentioned) V. A public authorty responsible for food quality control (name not mentioned)

August 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case RN 9 K 19.1061

August 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case BGH VI ZR 405/18

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case BGH VI ZR 476/18

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 LA 104/19

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 K 473/19.MZ

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 L 134/20

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 14 U 150/23

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 LB 565/17

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Gambling hall operator

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case OVG 3 S 24/20

July 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 S 1739/20

June 2020
final
No monetary fine