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Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€310mTotal of monetary amounts
€310mLargest single case: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
€310mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

22 Oct 2024 LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited CompanyDPC: 310 million EUR against LinkedIn over behavioural advertising without a legal basis IrelandMarketing and consent €310m

LinkedIn analysed data of its members, including data obtained from third parties, for behavioural analysis and targeted advertising without valid consent; legitimate interests and contractual necessity did not apply either. The Data Protection Commission (DPC, the Irish data protection authority) found infringements of the principles of lawfulness, fairness and transparency, issued a reprimand, ordered the processing to be brought into compliance and imposed fines totalling 310 million EUR.

What organisations can take from it

Obtain genuine consent for profiling for advertising purposes – neither “legitimate interests” nor the user contract can serve as the legal basis.

Authority / court
Data Protection Commission (DPC)
Area of law
Data protection · Marketing and consent
Legal basis
DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 6, Art. 13 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 14 Abs. 1 lit. c
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Media and online platforms
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
24 Oct 2024

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

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