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28 Apr 2025 Taxa 4x35Taxa 4x35: appeal court raises GDPR fine to DKK 250,000 for excessive retention DenmarkData protection €33,492

The Østre Landsret (Eastern High Court) raised the fine of 100,000 DKK imposed by the Frederiksberg City Court in January 2023 to 250,000 DKK. The taxi company had kept customers' telephone numbers together with pick-up locations for five years instead of the necessary two; the Datatilsynet (Danish Data Protection Agency) had proposed 1.2 million DKK in its first GDPR fine recommendation and cited around 8.9 million affected trips. The court found the infringement negligent and reduced the amount because the proceedings had lasted about six years.

What organisations can take from it

Retention periods must cover every identifier – deleting only the name while keeping the phone number is not anonymisation.

Relevance to training and awareness

Retention periods and genuine anonymisation

Authority / court
Østre Landsret (auf Anzeige der Datatilsynet)
Area of law
Data protection
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. e, Art. 83 Abs. 5 lit. a DSGVO; databeskyttelseslovens § 41 stk. 1 nr. 4, stk. 3 og 6
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
Negligence, first offence, no particularly sensitive data, secure storage, prompt remediation after the report; long duration of the proceedings.

Original amount 250,000 DKK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Apr 2025.

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

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