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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€6,801Total of monetary amounts
€6,801Largest single case: Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag
€6,801Median per case with an amount

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  1. Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY) €6,801 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Data protection €6,801 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag €6,801 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

18 Jun 2025 Waxholms Ångfartygs AktiebolagWaxholmsbolaget: fine for processing a captain’s breathalyser test results SwedenEmployee data €6,801

The shipping company processed results of on-board breath alcohol tests that could be attributed to a complainant employed as a captain. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) regarded this as processing without a legal basis and as unlawful processing of health data and imposed 75,000 SEK.

What organisations can take from it

Monitoring data such as alcohol test results are employees’ health data – access, storage and legal basis must be settled before such tests are introduced.

Relevance to training and awareness

Employee health data (alcohol tests)

Authority / court
Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY)
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
DSGVO Art. 6, Art. 9
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
18 Jun 2025

Original amount 75,000 SEK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2025.

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

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