Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

3cases from 2 jurisdictions
€722,653Total of monetary amounts
€582,573Largest single case: American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
€125,083Median per case with an amount

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7 Mar 2025 American Honda Motor Co., Inc.CPPA: $632,500 against Honda over obstructed privacy requests USA, CAData subject rights and transparency €582,573

Honda required excessive information for opt-out requests, used a cookie tool without equivalent choices, made it harder to appoint authorised agents and passed data on to ad-tech firms without the required contracts. The order of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) requires, among other things, a simplified procedure and training for employees.

What organisations can take from it

Do not undermine data subject rights through form hurdles or asymmetric consent dialogues.

Authority / court
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)
Area of law
Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
Legal basis
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Automotive
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
12 Mar 2025

Original amount 632,500 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Mar 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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25 Mar 2026 RENAULT COMMERCIAL ROUMANIE S.R.L.Cyber attack via service provider – Renault Commercial Roumanie pays 125,000 EUR RomaniaData processors €125,083

In an attack on an application operated by a processor, data of a very large number of persons (including personal identification numbers, driving licence and identity card numbers, vehicle identification numbers) were stolen and published. The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) criticised the lack of security measures and effectiveness testing as well as the selection of a service provider without sufficient guarantees and imposed 637,262.50 lei (125,000 EUR).

What organisations can take from it

Responsibility for customer data does not end with the service provider – check its security guarantees in advance and monitor them continuously.

Authority / court
Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)
Area of law
Data protection · Data processors
Legal basis
Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. b und d, Abs. 2 i. V. m. Art. 28 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Automotive
Published
25 Mar 2026

Original amount 637,262.5 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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19 Jan 2026 Continental Automotive Products SRLExcel list with sick notes circulated internally – Continental Automotive pays 15,000 EUR RomaniaEmployee data €14,997

An Excel file containing data from medical certificates of current and former employees was repeatedly circulated within the company; the company reported the incident itself. The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) imposed 25,455 lei (5,000 EUR) for breach of data minimisation and accountability and 50,911 lei (10,000 EUR) for insufficient security measures and ordered a monitoring and control procedure. Date = publication of the press release; according to the authority, the investigation was concluded in the previous month.

What organisations can take from it

Employees’ health data do not belong in freely forwarded Excel lists – HR departments need fixed access limits.

Relevance to training and awareness

Handling employees’ health data, e-mail distribution lists

Authority / court
Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c und Abs. 2, Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. b und Abs. 2 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Automotive
Published
19 Jan 2026

Original amount 76,366 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Jan 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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