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Germany

Germany Privacy Enforcement

This database records 141 enforcement actions in Germany, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 32 are positive monetary fines, totalling €51.4M. The average across those monetary fines is €1.6M. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
141
Total monetary fines
€51.4M
Average monetary fine
€1.6M

Enforcement Actions in Germany

Court case VI ZR 402/24

Sept 2026
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Sept 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 97/22

Jun 2026
final
No monetary fine

Court case 3 L 37/26.Z

Jun 2026
final
No monetary fine

Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)

Mar 2026
final
No monetary fine

Company

Sept 2025
final
€195K

Company

Sept 2025
final
€492K

Court case Az. I ZB 36/25

Sept 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case Az. VI ZR 426/24

Jul 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Platform A

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

Court case 324 O 278/23

May 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 5 U 129/24

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 16 U 184/23

Mar 2025
final
No monetary fine

Data Subject versus Bavarian public broadcasting authority

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

A (data subject)

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

The Federal Republic of Germany

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 7 Sa 635/23

Feb 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 1 R 461/24 OVG

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Meta

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

Court case 14 O 472/23

Jan 2025
final
No monetary fine

MK

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Court case VI ZR 22/24

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Plaintiff (User of the social network Fxxx), Defendant (Operator of the platform)

Dec 2024
final
No monetary fine

Facebook/Meta

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit

Nov 2024
final
No monetary fine

MK

Jul 2024
final
No monetary fine

juris GmbH

Apr 2024
final
No monetary fine

CJEU case C-61/22 Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden

Mar 2024
final
No monetary fine