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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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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What for?
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by company- Google €890m 62 % · 1 case
- Apple €500m 35 % · 2 cases
- Anonymised companies €30.5m 2 % · 1 case
- Cloudflare, Inc. €14.2m 1 % · 1 case
- Luka Inc. €5m 0 % · 1 case
- DoNotPay, Inc. €187,889 0 % · 1 case
- Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.; Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. – 0 % · 1 case
- IntelliVision Technologies Corp. – 0 % · 1 case
- OpenAI – 0 % · 1 case
- Presto Automation Inc. – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €30.5m |
| 2025 | 8 | €519.4m |
| 2026 | 1 | €890m |
11 cases
23 Jul 2026 GoogleDMA: 890 million EUR against Google over self-preferencing and Play steering €890m
In two decisions, the European Commission found that Google favours its own services in search (460 million EUR) and prevents app developers on Google Play from steering customers to alternative offers (430 million EUR). Google was ordered to bring the infringements to an end.
Platforms' ranking rules and fee models must be demonstrably non-discriminatory and designed in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925 (DMA), Selbstbevorzugungsverbot und Anti-Steering-Pflicht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
- Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
- IP/26/1670: Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Dec 2025 Cloudflare, Inc.AGCOM: €14.2m fine for Cloudflare for ignoring an anti-piracy blocking order €14.2m
In February 2025 (Delibera 49/25/CONS), AGCOM (Italian communications regulator) had required Cloudflare, as a service provider involved in making unlawful content accessible, to stop DNS resolution and the routing of traffic to domains and IP addresses reported via the "Piracy Shield" platform. Because the company took no measures even after the order had been served, the authority imposed a fine of 14,247,698.56 EUR – 1% of worldwide turnover, within a statutory range of up to 2%.
Orders from supervisory authorities must be implemented or challenged in court – mere inaction leads to turnover-based fines.
- Authority / court
- Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 1 Abs. 31 Legge 249/1997 i. V. m. Legge 93/2023 (Anti-Piraterie-Gesetz) und Anordnung Delibera 49/25/CONS
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous sanctions of this kind; because the provision was being applied to the company for the first time, the authority stayed below the maximum rate.
- Published
- 8 Jan 2026
- AGCOM, Delibera n. 333/25/CONS del 29 dicembre 2025, Ordinanza ingiunzione alla società Cloudflare Inc. Decision of an authority
- AGCOM, Delibera 333/25/CONS (Registerseite) Official register or notice
- AGCOM, Comunicato stampa 8 gennaio 2026: Sanzione di oltre 14 milioni di euro a Cloudflare Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2025 AppleDMA: 500 million EUR against Apple over anti-steering in the App Store €500m
In one of the first non-compliance decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission found that Apple prevents app developers from informing customers free of charge about cheaper offers outside the App Store and steering them there. In addition to a fine of 500 million EUR, the removal of the restrictions within 60 days was ordered, failing which periodic penalty payments may be imposed.
Gatekeepers must allow business users to communicate freely with their customers; technical or commercial hurdles are treated as circumvention.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925 (DMA), Anti-Steering-Pflicht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Apr 2025
- Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
- IP/25/1085 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Apr 2025 Luka Inc.Garante: 5 million EUR against Replika operator Luka over lack of legal basis €5m
The US operator of the Replika chatbot had not determined a legal basis for the processing, had an inadequate privacy notice and, despite declaring that minors were excluded, had no age verification. Italy's data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) imposed 5 million EUR and opened further proceedings concerning the training of the underlying language model.
A declared exclusion of minors is worthless without effective age verification at registration and during use.
- Authority / court
- Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- DSGVO (Rechtmäßigkeit, Transparenz, Schutz Minderjähriger)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 19 May 2025
- AI: Il Garante sanziona la società che gestisce il chatbot “Replika” Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Mar 2025 AppleApple: Commission sets out specific interoperability obligations for iOS by DMA decision Order
In two specification decisions under the Digital Markets Act, the European Commission set out which interoperability measures Apple must take: access for manufacturers of connected devices to nine iOS features (such as notifications on smartwatches, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, NFC, pairing) and a more transparent and faster procedure for developers’ interoperability requests.
Gatekeepers must actively open interfaces – anyone handling third-party requests sluggishly risks detailed regulatory requirements.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Digital Markets Act (Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925): Interoperabilitätspflicht, Spezifizierungsbeschlüsse
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Jan 2025 Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.; Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.Garante blocks DeepSeek: immediate limitation of processing for Italian users Order
After the Chinese providers had declared that they did not operate in Italy and were not subject to the GDPR, Italy's data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) ordered, as a matter of urgency and with immediate effect, the limitation of the processing of Italian users' data and opened an investigation.
Companies that offer AI services to European users are subject to the GDPR – regardless of where they are headquartered.
- Authority / court
- Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- DSGVO, Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. f (Beschränkung der Verarbeitung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 30 Jan 2025
- Intelligenza artificiale: il Garante privacy blocca DeepSeek Press release of an authority
- Garante, Provvedimento del 30 gennaio 2025 [10098477] (DeepSeek) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jan 2025 DoNotPay, Inc.FTC: “robot lawyer” DoNotPay pays 193,000 USD for untested AI promises €187,889
According to the complaint of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, the US consumer protection authority), DoNotPay advertised its AI chatbot as “the world’s first robot lawyer” that could replace a human lawyer, without ever having tested its performance against lawyers or having it reviewed by legal professionals. The final settlement order (5–0 vote) prohibits such claims without evidence and requires 193,000 USD and notification of subscribers from 2021 to 2023 about the limitations of the legal features.
Back performance claims for AI products with tests that prove exactly the advertised capability – “replaces the professional” is a verifiable promise.
Substantiating advertising claims about AI capabilities
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- Section 5 FTC Act (irreführende Geschäftspraktiken)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 11 Feb 2025
Original amount 193,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jan 2025.
- FTC Finalizes Order with DoNotPay That Prohibits Deceptive 'AI Lawyer' Claims, Imposes Monetary Relief, and Requires Notice to Past Subscribers Press release of an authority
- FTC Cases and Proceedings: DoNotPay Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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14 Jan 2025 Presto Automation Inc.SEC: “AI washing” – Presto Automation overstated the automation of its drive-thru AI Order
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, the US securities regulator), the restaurant technology company, which was listed at the time, made misleading statements about its voice AI product “Presto Voice” from 2021 to 2023: it concealed that the speech recognition initially belonged to a third party and claimed that the AI eliminated the need for human order-taking, although the vast majority of orders required human intervention. The SEC issued a cease-and-desist order without a fine.
Disclose in investor communications on AI how much human work is in the product and who owns the technology – exaggeration is a capital markets violation.
Capital markets communication on AI products (“AI washing”)
- Authority / court
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- Section 17(a)(2) Securities Act 1933; Section 13(a) Securities Exchange Act 1934
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- No fine owing to cooperation and remedial measures.
- Published
- 14 Jan 2025
- In the Matter of Presto Automation Inc. (Securities Act Release No. 11352) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Jan 2025 IntelliVision Technologies Corp.FTC: IntelliVision may no longer advertise facial recognition as “free of bias” Order
According to the complaint of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, the US consumer protection authority), the provider of AI facial recognition claimed without sufficient evidence that its software was among the most accurate on the market and performed without gender or skin-colour bias; contrary to its advertising, it had not been trained on millions of faces, and there was no evidence for the claim that it could not be fooled by photos or videos. The final settlement order prohibits false statements on accuracy, demographic performance and spoofing detection, as well as such statements without reliable testing.
Treat statements on the fairness and accuracy of an AI model as advertising claims – anyone promising “bias-free” must have tested performance for each population group.
Verifiable statements on the accuracy and fairness of AI models
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- Section 5 FTC Act (irreführende Geschäftspraktiken)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 13 Jan 2025
- FTC Finalizes Order Prohibiting IntelliVision from Making Deceptive Claims About Its Facial Recognition Software Press release of an authority
- FTC Cases and Proceedings: Intellivision Technologies Corp. Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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2 Nov 2024 OpenAIGarante: 15 million EUR against OpenAI over ChatGPT – later annulled by the court overturned
Italy's data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) imposed 15 million EUR because OpenAI trained ChatGPT with user data without an appropriate legal basis, breached transparency obligations, failed to report a data breach from March 2023 and did not provide for age verification; in addition, a six-month information campaign was ordered. The Rome Court (Tribunale di Roma) upheld OpenAI's action in judgment no. 4153/2026 (published on 18 March 2026); the Garante subsequently removed the decision from its website.
Companies that train AI models with personal data need a documented legal basis and age verification in advance.
- Authority / court
- Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- DSGVO (Rechtsgrundlage, Transparenz, Meldung von Datenpannen, Schutz Minderjähriger)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- overturned
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 20 Dec 2024
Amount in EUR; no ECB reference rate is available for this currency.
- ChatGPT, il Garante privacy chiude l’istruttoria Press release of an authority
- OpenAI, annullata la sanzione del Garante privacy Additional reference (not official)
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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16 May 2024 a US facial recognition providerDutch AP: 30.5 million EUR against facial recognition provider over facial database €30.5m
The provider processes biometric data of people in the Netherlands without a legal basis for a facial recognition database compiled from the internet, did not inform data subjects, did not respond to access requests and did not designate an EU representative. In addition to a fine of 30.5 million EUR, the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) imposed four orders subject to penalty payments.
Publicly accessible photos are no licence for biometric analysis – users of such services risk fines of their own.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, 6 Abs. 1, 9 Abs. 1, 12, 14, 15, 27
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 3 Sep 2024
- EDSA (EDPB), Nachrichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 16 May 2026 · Direct link