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.

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€1,000Total of monetary amounts
€1,000Median per case with an amount

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  1. Austria €1,000 100 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Fine €1,000 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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  1. Healthcare €1,000 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

21 Aug 2025 Fachärztliche Ordination (Kardiologie, anonymisiert)Cardiologist pays 1,000 EUR for unauthorised ELGA access to a former employee's data AustriaEmployee data €1,000

On 1 August 2024, a doctor accessed e-prescriptions and medication data of a former employee twelve times in the ELGA electronic health record without any treatment relationship. The Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde, DSB) imposed 1,000 EUR (plus 100 EUR in costs); confession and a clean record were mitigating factors.

What organisations can take from it

Access to health records is only permitted where there is a treatment relationship – and it is logged.

Relevance to training and awareness

Access to health data only where there is a treatment relationship

Authority / court
Datenschutzbehörde
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und b, Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 9 Abs. 1 und 2
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Healthcare
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
No previous record, negligence, full cooperation and confession.

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

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