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.

2cases from 1 jurisdiction
€7,992Total of monetary amounts
€5,002Largest single case: Banca Transilvania S.A.
€3,996Median per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP) €7,992 100 % · 2 cases

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  1. Data protection €7,992 100 % · 2 cases

Who?

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  1. Banca Transilvania S.A. €5,002 63 % · 1 case
  2. Asociația Casa de Ajutor Reciproc „FLEXICREDIT” €2,990 37 % · 1 case

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2 cases

2 Jul 2026 Banca Transilvania S.A.Employee retrieves account statements for a third party – Banca Transilvania pays 5,000 EUR RomaniaData breaches and data security €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.

What organisations can take from it

Access logs and clear rules against ‘favour queries’ are a duty for every bank.

Relevance to training and awareness

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.

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 RomaniaData breaches and data security €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.

What organisations can take from it

Remote contracting requires robust identity verification – an e-mail from an ‘official’ address is no proof.

Relevance to training and awareness

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.

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

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