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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
€114,943Total of monetary amounts
€99,969Largest single case: Orange România SA
€57,472Median 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) €114,943 100 % · 2 cases

What for?

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  1. Data protection €114,943 100 % · 2 cases

Who?

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  1. Orange România SA €99,969 87 % · 1 case
  2. Vodafone Romania S.A. €14,974 13 % · 1 case

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2 cases

17 Jul 2026 Orange România SAOrange România pays 100,000 EUR after app errors and hacked ticketing system RomaniaData breaches and data security €99,969

A synchronisation error between two applications allowed a customer to retrieve other customers’ invoices in the mobile app; in addition, the ticketing platform, which was publicly accessible without VPN, MFA or IP restriction, was attacked and a very large data set (including copies of identity documents, card data, IBANs) was exfiltrated. The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) imposed fines of 104,780 lei (20,000 EUR, Art. 25) and 419,120 lei (80,000 EUR, Art. 32), a total of 523,900 lei, and ordered test and change management. Date = publication of the press release; according to the authority, the investigation was concluded in the previous month.

What organisations can take from it

Never expose internal platforms to the internet without VPN/MFA; software changes to linked systems need testing before go-live.

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. 25 Abs. 1, Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. b und d, Abs. 2 und 4 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Telecoms, IT and software
Published
17 Jul 2026

Original amount 523,900 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.

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

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20 Jan 2025 Vodafone Romania S.A.Vodafone Romania pays 15,000 EUR for repeated data breaches caused by employees RomaniaData breaches and data security €14,974

Several reported incidents were attributable to employees or service providers: a photo of an invoice sent to third parties, open e-mail distribution lists instead of BCC, a screenshot from the customer application shared via WhatsApp and misdirected invoices. The Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP) found insufficient measures to ensure that employees processed data in accordance with instructions and imposed 74,526 lei (15,000 EUR); the company paid. Date = publication of the press release; according to the authority, the investigation was concluded in the previous month.

What organisations can take from it

Many small employee errors add up to an organisational failure – awareness training is mandatory, not optional.

Relevance to training and awareness

BCC, use of messaging apps, sending customer documents

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. 4 i. V. m. Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Telecoms, IT and software
Published
20 Jan 2025

Original amount 74,526 RON, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Jan 2025.

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

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