BULLETIN №082Last updated · 02 Aug 2026
Fine Tracker.
A public register of regulatory fines issued under EU compliance directives. Updated as decisions are published by national supervisory authorities.
5,273 entries
- Total fines
- €8.6bn
- Decisions
- 5,273
- Jurisdictions
- 33
- Regulators
- 74
- Avg monthly
- €162.7m
- YoY volume
- -21.7%
| Imposed | Company | Country | Authority | Type | Amount | ↗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Feb 2025 | Automobilus International S.R.L.The Romanian data protection authority fined Automobilus International S.R.L. 24,885 RON after concluding its investigation in February 2025. It found breaches of GDPR Articles 32(1) and 32(2) due to inadequate technical and organizational security measures following a personal data breach. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €5,000 | ↗ |
| — | Lensa.roLensa.ro, operated by Tensa Art Design, was fined EUR 20,000 by Romania’s data protection authority, ANSPDCP. The case involved cookie-based tracking and behavioral advertising without clear user consent, as well as failure to respond to the authority’s official information requests. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €20,000 | ↗ |
| 07 Jul 2025 | AURThe Romanian data protection authority imposed two fines on AUR totaling EUR 25,000. The sanctions concerned unauthorized access to supporters' personal data in the AUR app and unlawful collection of personal data on campaign platforms. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €25,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Feb 2025 | Orange RomaniaThe Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP) fined Orange Romania EUR 40,000 for GDPR violations. The authority found improper handling of personal data deletion requests and excessive collection of identity document copies. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €40,000 | ↗ |
| 01 May 2025 | SC Piramida Trade Invest SRLThe Romanian DPA ANSPDCP imposed a total fine of EUR 3,000 on SC Piramida Trade Invest SRL for unlawful audio-video monitoring of employees and inadequate staff information. It also found that the company failed to respond to access, erasure, and objection requests within the legal deadline; a separate email-forwarding issue resulted only in a warning. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €3,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Jun 2025 | Călin GeorgescuCălin Georgescu was sanctioned by Romania’s data protection authority after an investigation into his website. Two fines totaling about EUR 10,000 were imposed for installing cookies without consent and collecting personal data without proper notice. | RO | Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal | GDPR | €10,000 | ↗ |
| 25 May 2022 | RoulartaThe Belgian data protection authority, APD, sanctioned Roularta in decision 85/2022 of 25 May 2022. The case concerned the placement of non-essential cookies on its press websites without prior user consent. The fine was EUR 50,000. | BE | Autorité de protection des données | GDPR | €50,000 | ↗ |
| 27 Nov 2025 | InfobelThe Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) imposed a EUR 40,000 fine on Infobel on 2025-11-27. The authority found that the company resold telecom-derived personal data for marketing purposes without valid consent and ordered it to inform its business customers of the decision. | BE | Autorité de protection des données (APD) | GDPR | €40,000 | ↗ |
| 05 Mar 2020 | CoolblueCoolblue was fined 40,000 EUR by the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, for unlawfully collecting personal data through cookies without active consent. The violation occurred in 2020, and the company updated its cookie banner after the authority’s investigation. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €40,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Jan 2019 | KNLTBThe Dutch tennis association KNLTB was fined by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens for violating the GDPR/AVG. The original fine was 525,000 EUR and was later reduced to 250,000 EUR because KNLTB shared members’ personal data with two sponsors without a valid legal basis. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €525,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Jan 2024 | a small recruitment bureauA small recruitment bureau in the Netherlands was fined EUR 6,000 by the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens for failing to respond on time to an ex-candidate’s request to delete personal data. The Raad van State upheld the fine in case ECLI:NL:RVS:2024:2221. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €6,000 | ↗ |
| 10 Oct 2023 | Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN)The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens imposed a fine of EUR 175,000 on Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN). The authority found that the institution did not provide sufficient protection for students’ personal data. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €175,000 | ↗ |
| 16 Jul 2024 | AS Watson / KruidvatThe Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, imposed a fine of EUR 600,000 on AS Watson / Kruidvat. The case concerns a breach of GDPR cookie consent rules. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €600,000 | ↗ |
| 17 Dec 2025 | HAN University of Applied SciencesThe Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens announced on 17 December 2025 that it had imposed a fine on HAN University of Applied Sciences. According to the notice, the university was hacked in September 2021, resulting in a data breach, and HAN will not object to the decision. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €100,000 | ↗ |
| 26 Nov 2024 | NetflixThe Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens fined Netflix 4.75 million euros for privacy and GDPR transparency failures. The 26 November 2024 decision concerned inadequate explanations in Netflix’s privacy notice and insufficiently clear responses to data access requests. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €4,750,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Oct 2023 | ExperianThe Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, imposed a fine of €2.7 million on Experian. The case concerns a GDPR violation by the credit company. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €2,700,000 | ↗ |
| 08 May 2026 | MLU B.V.The Dutch data protection authority imposed a EUR 100 million fine on MLU B.V. for transferring personal data to Russia without adequate safeguards. It also ordered the company to stop transferring personal data of individuals in Norway and Finland to Russia via the Yango app. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €100,000,000 | ↗ |
| 05 Feb 2026 | Gemeente HilversumThe Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens found that Gemeente Hilversum processed personal data without a valid legal basis during an investigation into Muslim residents and organizations. The municipality accepted an administrative fine of 25,000 EUR and acknowledged responsibility. | NL | Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | GDPR | €25,000 | ↗ |
| 01 Sept 2025 | Osnovna škola XThe school unlawfully forwarded personal data of 18 employees to the City of Y, breaching GDPR Articles 5 and 6. AZOP imposed a fine of EUR 2,000. | HR | AZOP | GDPR | €2,000 | ↗ |
| 14 Sept 2023 | društvo XThe company processed excessive personal data, including CVC/CVV numbers and copies of identity documents, without a legal basis during hotel booking. It also failed to provide transparent information to data subjects, which constitutes a GDPR breach. | HR | AZOP | GDPR | €15,000 | ↗ |