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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

Court case 2-03 O 356/20

Oct 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

Oct 2020
final
€35.3M

Court case 1 K 584/19.MZ

Sept 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case VerfGH Lv 15/20

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

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

Aug 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 L 134/20

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 2 LB 565/17

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Gambling hall operator

Jul 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 S 1739/20

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Google

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 10 Sa 2130/19

Jun 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 12 B 19.1648

May 2020
final
No monetary fine

Butcher shop chain

Apr 2020
final
No monetary fine

candidate for election to the defendant's chamber (chamber of dentists)

Apr 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 12 Sa 186/19

Mar 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 11 ZB 19.991

Mar 2020
final
No monetary fine

Trade association

Feb 2020
final
No monetary fine

Veterinarian (anonymous)

Feb 2020
final
No monetary fine

Αnonymous

Feb 2020
final
No monetary fine

Court case 17 K 3920/19

Jan 2020
final
No monetary fine

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€300K

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€401K

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€400

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€0

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€300K

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€401K

Operator of a ballet school

Jan 2020
final
€0

Police officer

Jan 2020
final
€350

Medical assistant

Jan 2020
final
€500

Operator of a ballet school

Jan 2020
final
€5K