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A head of unit at the Higher Regional Court of Jena (OLG Jena) responsible for budget, procurement and personnel of the Thuringian judiciary obtained fourteen loans (375 to 10,000 EUR) from two co-defendants between 2013 and 2019, coupled with the tacit expectation that he would take them into account when awarding contracts; he also concluded service contracts in breach of public procurement law (damage exceeding 450,000 EUR). The Regional Court of Gera (LG Gera) imposed an aggregate suspended prison sentence of two years and confiscation. Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) upheld the conviction for accepting benefits (Vorteilsannahme, not Bestechlichkeit, i.e. taking bribes) in 13 cases, discontinued one time-barred case and set aside the aggregate sentence and the amount of the daily fine rate; the defendant's appeal on points of law will be decided separately.

Authority / court

Bundesgerichtshof (2. Strafsenat); Vorinstanz Landgericht Gera

Area of law

Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials

Legal basis

§ 331 StGB (Vorteilsannahme), § 266 StGB (Untreue); BGH 2 StR 554/25

Action

Custodial sentence

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Public sector

Culpability

intentional

Liability of senior managers

The former head of unit (a management function in the judicial administration) was convicted; two lenders were co-defendants.

Published

23 Sep 2026

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In an insurance tender in 2024 worth around 200 million CZK, the ministry had parts of the tender documents drawn up by a broker who could later receive commissions from the winning insurer. As the contracting authority took no measures against the conflict of interest, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed a final fine of 300,000 CZK.

Authority / court

Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Gesetz über die Vergabe öffentlicher Aufträge (Pflicht zur Vermeidung von Interessenkonflikten)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Culpability

negligent

Published

15 Sep 2026

Original amount 300,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Sep 2026.

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Since 2007, the municipal sports facilities operator had had cameras in the changing rooms of a swimming pool that recorded the locker area. The Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) found no sound legal basis, incomplete notices and a 72-hour retention period not justified by a necessity assessment, and imposed 8,000 EUR (Provvedimento No. 619); the cameras were removed during the proceedings.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Video surveillance

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c und e DSGVO; Art. 2-ter Codice privacy

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Published

11 Sep 2026

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Between December 2025 and February 2026, Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, used confidential information from presidential speeches to trade event contracts on prediction markets. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered disgorgement of 107,539.02 USD, a penalty of 65,000 USD and a three-year trading ban.

Authority / court

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Market abuse and insider dealing

Legal basis

Commodity Exchange Act und CFTC-Regulations (Missbrauch vertraulicher Informationen)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Mitigating circumstances

Substantial reduction for exemplary cooperation under the CFTC's new cooperation policy

Original amount 172,539.02 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Aug 2026.

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In 2023, intruders gained access to two former psychiatric hospitals and posted videos of the patient records stored there online. An inspection of twelve sites found records with mould, water and animal damage in unsuitable rooms, up to and including shipping containers. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed a fine of 645,000 EUR, issued a reprimand and ordered audits and the relocation of records.

Authority / court

Data Protection Commission (DPC)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. e und f, 32 Abs. 1, 33 Abs. 1, 34 Abs. 1

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

2 Sep 2026

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From 2020 to April 2026, on the basis of old long-term logging contracts, the state forestry group supplied six wood processors with guaranteed quantities of roundwood outside public auctions, while all others could only buy through auctions. In its first decision on the competitive neutrality of public undertakings, the Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) imposed 7,859,606.89 EUR and required equal sales conditions for all qualified bidders.

Authority / court

Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)

Area of law

Competition law

Legal basis

Art. 14.1 Konkurences likums (Wettbewerbsneutralität)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Published

13 Aug 2026

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The Metropolitan Police handed a defendant unredacted documents containing the new address and telephone number of a stalking victim, and in a circular e-mail disclosed 18 people with a parliamentary connection in an open recipient list. The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ordered improvements within 3 and 12 months, including in data protection training completion rates.

Authority / court

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Data Protection Act 2018, Section 40

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Employees

10,000 or more

Culpability

negligent

Published

5 Aug 2026

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Since 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has experienced more than 42,000 individual breaches in which unauthorised persons accessed tax accounts or changed data in order to redirect benefits. In a special report to Parliament, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada criticised, among other things, the delayed introduction of mandatory MFA and incomplete incident recording, and made nine recommendations, eight of which were accepted in full and one in part.

Authority / court

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Privacy Act (Kanada)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

7 May 2026

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In early 2024, attackers used social engineering to take over accounts of Cap Emploi advisers and accessed data on jobseekers from the last 20 years, including social security numbers. The French data protection authority (CNIL) criticised weak authentication, insufficient logging and overly broad access rights, and imposed 5 million EUR together with an order carrying a penalty payment of 5,000 EUR per day of delay.

Authority / court

Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 32 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

29 Jan 2026

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During a public order training exercise in February 2021, police officers wearing flame-retardant protective clothing had petrol bombs thrown at them; four officers suffered burns with permanent scarring. There was no information on the service life and testing of the PPE, no risk assessment for the manufacture and use of the petrol bombs, and no safe systems of work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 60,000 GBP plus 9,470 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Sheffield Magistrates' Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Published

20 Jan 2026

Original amount 60,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Jan 2026.

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In June 2023, a lamp post dating from the 1950s/60s, whose steel at the base was at least 60 % rusted through, fell over and seriously injured a pedestrian. The post had been rated as poor in 2022 but was not scheduled for replacement until 2024; the council's visual inspections did not identify the acute risk of collapse. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 80,000 GBP.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Glasgow Sheriff Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 3(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Published

12 Jan 2026

Original amount 80,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 Jan 2026.

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In a daily orders book of a fire service unit that was accessible to staff, not only the transfer of a female officer to light duties was recorded, but also her illness, the treatment and the medication prescribed. The Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) found a breach of lawfulness and data minimisation and, by Decision 1/2026, imposed a fine of 10,000 EUR on the Fire Service Headquarters.

Authority / court

Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority)

Area of law

Data protection · Employee data

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und c DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

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In 2021, a hacker gained access via a web form to a web server and a database server of the university, obtained, among other things, names with passwords and citizen service numbers of students and staff, and unsuccessfully demanded a ransom. According to the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP), security was not aligned with the risks, and the rights of a database account were not restricted.

Authority / court

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

DSGVO Art. 32

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Settlement without objection; active damage limitation, strengthened resilience and sharing of lessons learned with other organisations.

Published

17 Dec 2025

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The municipality in the province of Padua monitored public streets and work areas without a sound legal basis, without adequate information and without a data protection impact assessment; recordings were used for disciplinary purposes, and an employee was secretly filmed while on sick leave. Italy's data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) imposed a fine of 15,000 EUR (5,000 EUR for public surveillance, 10,000 EUR for workplace surveillance).

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Video surveillance

Legal basis

DSGVO Art. 5, 6, 12, 13, 35, 88

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

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In October 2023, an uninvolved person received a debtor’s enforcement documents containing name, address, date of birth, PESEL number, amount of the claim and employer. The bailiff’s office neither notified the supervisory authority nor informed the data subject; the UODO (Poland’s data protection authority) imposed 7,700 PLN for the failure to notify and 13,200 PLN for the failure to inform the data subject, and ordered the data subject to be informed within three days.

Authority / court

Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)

Area of law

Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations

Legal basis

Art. 33 Abs. 1, Art. 34 Abs. 1 und 2 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Original amount 20,900 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Oct 2025.

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The Single Resolution Board (SRB) passed on pseudonymised comments from former Banco Popular shareholders to Deloitte without informing the data subjects; the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) considered this an infringement of the duty to inform. The Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-413/23 P) set aside the judgment of the General Court and clarified that the duty to inform is to be assessed from the controller's perspective at the time of collection; the case was referred back to the General Court.

Authority / court

Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union, Rs. C-413/23 P

Area of law

Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency

Legal basis

Verordnung (EU) 2018/1725 (Informationspflicht)

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Public sector

Published

4 Sep 2025

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The state land fund examined a report from September 2022 only after 128 days and, until November 2024, did not sufficiently inform employees about the reporting procedure, protection options and the responsible person. The Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slovak Whistleblower Protection Office) imposed 6,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slowakei)

Area of law

Whistleblower protection · Missing or inadequate reporting channel

Legal basis

§ 10 Abs. 5 und 8, § 19 Gesetz Nr. 54/2019 über den Schutz von Hinweisgebern (UOO-277/2025)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Culpability

negligent

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For months, the central authority failed to perform the tasks of the reporting office for three centres for children and families under its authority and did not make the responsible person known to employees. The Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slovak Whistleblower Protection Office) imposed 5,000 EUR; the appeal decision of 12 September 2025 reworded the operative part but left the fine at 5,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov (Slowakisches Amt für Hinweisgeberschutz)

Area of law

Whistleblower protection · Missing or inadequate reporting channel

Legal basis

Zákon č. 54/2019 Z. z. o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti, § 10 Abs. 3 und 5, § 19 Abs. 3

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

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For registration for the Public Services Card, the ministry created biometric facial templates of a large part of the population without a sufficiently clear legal basis, with deficient information and an incomplete data protection impact assessment. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a reprimand, imposed 550,000 EUR and ordered the biometric processing to be stopped within nine months if no valid legal basis is found.

Authority / court

Data Protection Commission (DPC)

Area of law

Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und e, Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 9 Abs. 1, Art. 13, Art. 35 Abs. 7 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Public sector

Mitigating circumstances

No deficiencies were found in the technical and organisational security measures.

Published

12 Jun 2025

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During mowing work in the municipal Parc des Sorbiers in July 2024, at least one nest of the protected bobolink was destroyed; a citizen reported the find. The city pleaded guilty under the Species at Risk Act and is paying 30,000 CAD.

Authority / court

Court of Québec (Anklage: Environment and Climate Change Canada)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability

Legal basis

Species at Risk Act, s. 33

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Published

12 Jun 2025

Original amount 30,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Jun 2025.

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