Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€6,200Total of monetary amounts
€6,200Median per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Austria €6,200 100 % · 1 case

What for?

by action
  1. Fine €6,200 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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  1. Media and online platforms €6,200 100 % · 1 case

When?

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1 case

6 Aug 2025 DSB: fine against news portal that ignored instruction on cookie banner AustriaCookies and tracking €6,200

In 2023, the Austrian data protection authority (Datenschutzbehörde, DSB) had ordered a local news portal (a media GmbH & Co KG, name pseudonymised) by decision to offer, on the first layer of the cookie banner, an equivalent option to close it without consent. Because the company did not implement this from October 2024 until at least March 2025, the DSB imposed 6,200 EUR for failure to comply with an instruction; the penalty decision is final.

What organisations can take from it

Implement orders of the supervisory authority on time – ignoring them risks a separate fine in addition to the original infringement.

Authority / court
Datenschutzbehörde (DSB)
Area of law
Data protection · Cookies and tracking
Legal basis
Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. d i. V. m. Art. 83 Abs. 6 DSGVO; Art. 7 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Media and online platforms

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

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