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 I ZR 186/17

March 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case I ZR 223/19

March 2025
final
No monetary fine

Google Ireland Ltd

March 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 5 U 129/24

March 2025
final
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Court case 10 A 5385/22

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

Court case IV ZR 204/23

March 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 U 184/23

March 2025
final
No monetary fine

Police Officer

March 2025
final
€4K

Data Subject versus Bavarian public broadcasting authority

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

A (data subject)

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

Facebook

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 13 U 11/24

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

The Federal Republic of Germany

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 7 Sa 635/23

February 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 U 145/24

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

Meta

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

Court case 6 C 3.23

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

a private individual (plaintiff)

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 183/22

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 15 O 262/23

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Controller (entity responsible for reporting to SCHUFA)

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 O 49/24

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 R 461/24 OVG

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case IX R 25/22

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

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

Court case 14 O 472/23

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

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

January 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 62 O 194/23

December 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 C 29/23

December 2024
final
No monetary fine

MK

December 2024
final
No monetary fine