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

Court case 30 C 138/21

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta Platforms Inc.

July 2025
final
No Reject Button
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 C 157/24

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case IX R 25/24

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Municipality of Bremen

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

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

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr AG

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 22 C 1423/25

July 2025
final
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 8 AZR 117/24

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Social Media Platform Operator

July 2025
final
Cookies Persist After Rejection
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Misleading Banner Messaging
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

User (data subject)

July 2025
final
No monetary fine

Facebook User

June 2025
final
No monetary fine

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband

June 2025
final
No monetary fine

E (the controller)

June 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data subject versus Private Credit Agency

June 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 O 156/24

June 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

Data Subject versus Platform A

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Ex-employee (data subject)

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus City of Osnabrück

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 67/23

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Telecommunications Company

May 2025
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
No monetary fine

Court case 324 O 278/23

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. 8 AZR 209/21

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 30087 C 102/24

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject verus Finanzamt (FA)

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

April 2025
final
No monetary fine