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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.
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by authority- Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP) €7,992 100 % · 2 cases
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €2,990 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €5,002 |
2 cases
2 Jul 2026 Banca Transilvania S.A.Employee retrieves account statements for a third party – Banca Transilvania pays 5,000 EUR €5,002
At the request of a third party and outside the scope of his duties, a bank employee retrieved account statements of a data subject (name, IBAN, transactions, balances). The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) found insufficient technical and organisational measures and imposed 26,172 lei (5,000 EUR); the bank has paid the fine. Date = publication of the press release; according to the authority, the investigation was concluded in the previous month.
Access logs and clear rules against ‘favour queries’ are a duty for every bank.
Access to customer data for business purposes only; handling requests from third parties
- Authority / court
- Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Art. 32 Abs. 1, 2 und 4 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 2 Jul 2026
Original amount 26,172 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2026.
- ANSPDCP – Comunicat de presă 02.07.2026 (Banca Transilvania S.A.) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Aug 2025 Asociația Casa de Ajutor Reciproc „FLEXICREDIT”Credit association Flexicredit grants 17 loans on forged documents – 3,000 EUR €2,990
A school employee gained access to her school’s official e-mail account and sent forged documents on the basis of which the credit association concluded 17 loans in 2023/2024 without the knowledge of the data subjects. The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) criticised the insufficient identity verification for remote applications and imposed 15,141.6 lei (3,000 EUR). Date = publication of the press release; according to the authority, the investigation was concluded in June 2025.
Remote contracting requires robust identity verification – an e-mail from an ‘official’ address is no proof.
Identity verification and fraud detection in remote applications
- Authority / court
- Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Art. 32 Abs. 2 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 12 Aug 2025
Original amount 15,141.6 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2025.
- ANSPDCP – Comunicat de presă 12.08.2025 (Asociația Casa de Ajutor Reciproc „FLEXICREDIT”) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link