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

Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)

March 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 U 31/25

March 2026
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 38 O 243/23

February 2026
final
No monetary fine

Meta

February 2026
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 29 K 9469/23

January 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 U 61/25 e

January 2026
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Business owner (data subject)

January 2026
final
No monetary fine

Brillen Rottler GmbH & Co. KG

January 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 327 O 38/25

December 2025
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
No monetary fine

Court case I ZR 115/25

December 2025
final
No monetary fine

SCHUFA

December 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 U 81/23

December 2025
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

December 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

paydirekt GmbH

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 K 788/20.WI

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. VI ZR 396/24

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 6 C 1.24

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. IX B 72/25

November 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 19 U 1468/25 e

October 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 431/24

October 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az: 4 U 884/24

October 2025
final
No monetary fine

Company

September 2025
final
€195K

Company

September 2025
final
€492K

Court case Az. I ZB 36/25

September 2025
final
No monetary fine

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

September 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 29 K 6375/25

September 2025
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C-655/23 Quirin Privatbank

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

Actor (data subject)

August 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. VI ZR 426/24

July 2025
final
No monetary fine