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Germany

Germany Privacy Enforcement

This database records 230 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 57 are positive monetary fines, totalling €65.3M. The average across those monetary fines is €1.1M. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
230
Total monetary fines
€65.3M
Average monetary fine
€1.1M

Enforcement Actions in Germany

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. 8 AZR 209/21

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 4 U 120/24 e

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 U 249/24

Apr 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case I ZR 223/19

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Google Ireland Ltd

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Police Officer

Mar 2025
final
€4K

Facebook

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 U 11/24

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 U 145/24

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 183/22

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 O 262/23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Controller (entity responsible for reporting to SCHUFA)

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

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

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 62 O 194/23

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 17 U 2/24

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 5 Ca 663/24

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Vodafone

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Debt collection service provider

Nov 2024
final
€900K

Court case 20 U 51/24

Oct 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 U 45/23

Oct 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 C 112/24

Oct 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 27 O 60/24

Oct 2024
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C‑21/23 Lindenapotheke

Oct 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 O 4/24

Sept 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 O 220/23

Sept 2024
final
No monetary fine

HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG

Sept 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 Ca 77/24

Sept 2024
final
No monetary fine

Telecom provider (Controller)

Sept 2024
final
No monetary fine