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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.

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€14,997Total of monetary amounts
€14,997Largest single case: Continental Automotive Products SRL
€14,997Median per case with an amount

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  1. Continental Automotive Products SRL €14,997 100 % · 1 case

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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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