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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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
€342,745Total of monetary amounts
€342,745Largest single case: Telenor ASA
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1 case

10 Mar 2025 Telenor ASATelenor ASA: NOK 4m fine over data protection officer set-up and internal control NorwayData protection €342,745

Following an inspection, Datatilsynet (Norwegian Data Protection Authority) fined Telenor ASA NOK 4,000,000 because the group parent had not put in place appropriate organisational measures and policies for the position of its data protection officer (Art. 24(1) and (2) GDPR). The authority also issued a reprimand because for about one year there was no reporting line from the data protection officer to the highest management level, and ordered the company to carry out a documented assessment of whether it must designate a data protection officer and to revise its record of processing activities. According to Datatilsynet, the decision has been appealed and a ruling by the Personvernnemnda (Privacy Appeals Board) is expected in autumn 2026. The decision is not final.

What organisations can take from it

The data protection officer's role must be documented – with a direct reporting line to top management, clear rules on the officer's involvement and an assessment of potential conflicts of interest.

Relevance to training and awareness

Position and independence of the data protection officer

Authority / court
Datatilsynet
Area of law
Data protection
Legal basis
Art. 24 Abs. 1 und 2, Art. 30, Art. 37 Abs. 7, Art. 38 Abs. 2 und 3, Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. b, d und i DSGVO; § 26 personopplysningsloven
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Telecoms, IT and software
Employees
10,000 or more
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
No specific harm to data subjects was identified; the long case-handling time was taken into account when setting the amount.
Published
14 Mar 2025

Original amount 4,000,000 NOK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Mar 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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