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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.

20cases from 11 jurisdictions
€819.9mTotal of monetary amounts (15 cases with an amount)
€290mLargest single case: Uber Technologies Inc. und Uber B.V.
€3mMedian per case with an amount

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4 Aug 2026 Lime Technology S.r.l., EmTransit S.r.l. (Dott), Bird Rides Italy S.r.l.Rome: 2.675 million EUR against e-scooter and e-bike sharing providers over blocked free rides ItalyInformation duties in online retail €2.68m

The three sharing providers made it difficult for holders of a Metrebus annual pass to access the free-ride passes promised when the concessions were awarded, through inadequate organisation, cumbersome activation and long waiting times, which shortened the usable time; Bird also deactivated accounts without prior notice. The AGCM imposed fines totalling 2.675 million EUR in three proceedings (Lime 1.4 million, Dott 525,000, Bird 750,000 EUR).

What organisations can take from it

Promised benefits must also be redeemable in organisational terms – sluggish processing can itself be unfair.

Relevance to training and awareness

Customer service and redemption of promised services

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
Legal basis
Codice del Consumo (pratiche commerciali scorrette), Verfahren PS13028, PS13029, PS13030
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
6 Aug 2026

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29 Jul 2026 AvisAvis: maximum fine of 1 million EUR for handling fee on traffic fines SpainInformation duties in online retail €1m

The car rental company charged customers an "administration fee" of 33.88 to 45 EUR when a rental car incurred a traffic offence – even though naming the driver is a statutory obligation of the rental company. Spain's Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda classified this as a very serious infringement and imposed the maximum fine of 1 million EUR; a court had already declared the clause void in 2020.

What organisations can take from it

No additional fee may be charged for fulfilling statutory obligations – least of all after a court has prohibited the clause.

Authority / court
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
Legal basis
Artt. 82, 87.5 y 87.6 TRLGDCU (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Repeat case
yes
Published
29 Jul 2026

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28 Jul 2026 TrenitaliaTrenitalia removes hurdles to refunds for delays following AGCM proceedings ItalyInformation duties in online retail Order

For refunds in the event of delays of 60 minutes or more or cancellations, Trenitalia required prior written confirmation from the call centre or ticket office. The AGCM accepted binding commitments: abolition of the confirmation requirement, strengthened refund channels, an information page on disruptions and an implementation report within three months; no infringement was found.

What organisations can take from it

Additional formalities before statutory refunds act as a hurdle and lead to proceedings.

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
Legal basis
Codice del Consumo (impegni); EU-Fahrgastrechte im Eisenbahnverkehr
Action
Order
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Mitigating circumstances
Binding commitments, no finding of an infringement.
Published
30 Jul 2026

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7 Jul 2026 Unternehmen mit drei Dienstfahrzeugen (in der Mitteilung nicht namentlich genannt)Administrative Court upholds ban on continuous GPS tracking of three company vehicles SloveniaEmployee data Order

The data protection authority had prohibited a company from tracking its three company vehicles continuously by GPS and ordered the data to be erased; narrow purposes such as theft protection while parked remained permitted. The Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia) upheld this and clarified that employee consent bundled with other declarations is invalid.

What organisations can take from it

Employee consent rarely supports monitoring – and never when it is bundled with other declarations in the form.

Relevance to training and awareness

Consent and proportionality in employee monitoring

Authority / court
Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (bekanntgemacht durch den Informacijski pooblaščenec)
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 7 Abs. 2 DSGVO
Action
Order
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
7 Jul 2026

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4 May 2026 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) AöRBlnBDI reprimands BVG: deletion at service provider not checked, data breach reported too late GermanyData processors Reprimand or warning

A processor of Berlin's public transport operator BVG, which had sent customer letters in early 2025, was hacked; around 180,000 customer records were affected, although they should long since have been deleted after the end of the contract. BVG had never checked the deletion, had not agreed any procedure for data breaches in the data processing agreement and reported the incident only after the 72-hour deadline had expired; the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BlnBDI) issued a reprimand.

What organisations can take from it

Have service providers prove deletion after the end of the contract, and have an internal procedure that immediately turns indications of a breach into a 72-hour notification.

Relevance to training and awareness

Reporting process for data breaches and management of service providers

Authority / court
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (BlnBDI)
Area of law
Data protection · Data processors
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 2 i. V. m. Abs. 1 lit. c, e, f, Art. 28 Abs. 3 S. 2 lit. f, Art. 32 Abs. 1, Art. 33 DSGVO
Action
Reprimand or warning
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Mitigating circumstances
BVG has announced measures against similar incidents.
Published
4 May 2026
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1 Apr 2026 MLU B.V. (Rechtsnachfolgerin der Ridetech International B.V., Anbieterin der Yango-App)Yango taxi app: 100 million EUR for transferring data to Russia NetherlandsInternational data transfers €100m

Amsterdam-based Ridetech offered the ride-hailing app Yango in Finland and Norway and transferred data of drivers and customers to the group companies Yandex.Taxi LLC and Yandex LLC in Russia without demonstrating appropriate safeguards. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority, AP) imposed 100 million EUR on the legal successor and prohibited further transfers to Russia.

What organisations can take from it

Transfers to states without legal protection against access by authorities can hardly be safeguarded – group structures with such locations need data localisation in the EU.

Authority / court
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
Area of law
Data protection · International data transfers
Legal basis
Art. 44, Art. 46 iVm Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und Abs. 2 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping

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22 Jan 2026 Logistics business: fines for minimum wage, reporting and foreign employment violations GermanyMinimum wage and undeclared work €13,731

Between June and December 2023, a logistics and transport business withheld a total of around 2,000 EUR in minimum wages from several employees, breached reporting and immediate notification obligations, and in July/August 2023 employed a foreign national without a residence permit. The fines: 5,231 EUR (minimum wage), 750 EUR each (reporting obligations) and 7,000 EUR (unauthorised employment of foreign nationals), totalling 13,731 EUR (date = publication).

What organisations can take from it

Even small wage arrears are penalised individually alongside reporting and residence violations – HR processes for new hires need a fixed checklist.

Relevance to training and awareness

Immediate notification and checking of work permits when hiring

Authority / court
Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)
Area of law
Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
Legal basis
§ 21 Abs. 1 Nr. 11 MiLoG; § 111 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 SGB IV; § 404 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 SGB III
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
22 Jan 2026

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2 Jan 2026 Poczta Polska S.A.Poczta Polska: 978,128 PLN because the data protection officer was not independent PolandData protection €232,208

The function of data protection officer was performed by a manager who was at the same time responsible for security and protection of classified information and thus monitored their own activities; there was no conflict analysis. Poland’s data protection authority (UODO) imposed 978,128 PLN and referred to numerous previous reprimands and orders against the company.

What organisations can take from it

Data protection officers must not be responsible for the processes they monitor – check dual roles for conflicts of interest in advance.

Authority / court
Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
Area of law
Data protection
Legal basis
Art. 38 Abs. 3 und 6 DSGVO (DKN.5131.4.2025)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Repeat case
yes
Mitigating circumstances
During the proceedings the function was made independent and placed directly under the management board.
Published
26 Jan 2026

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23 Dec 2025 Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Holdings plcItaly: 255.8 million EUR against Ryanair for obstructing travel agencies ItalyAbuse of market power €255.8m

From April 2023 until at least April 2025, Ryanair obstructed travel agencies from buying Ryanair flights in combination with other services, for example through facial recognition procedures, account deletions, blocking of means of payment and restrictive partner agreements. The AGCM considered this to be an abuse of a dominant position and imposed fines of 255,761,692 EUR on a joint and several basis.

What organisations can take from it

Dominant providers must not use technical barriers to force sales partners and resellers out of the market.

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Competition law · Abuse of market power
Legal basis
Art. 102 AEUV
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
23 Dec 2025

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23 Dec 2025 Amazon France Logistique SASConseil d'État reduces CNIL fine against Amazon France Logistique to 15 million EUR FranceEmployee data €15m

In 2023, the French data protection authority (CNIL) had imposed 32 million EUR for the real-time monitoring of warehouse staff through scanner metrics. France's supreme administrative court (Conseil d'État) held that three metrics (‘Stow Machine Gun’, ‘Idle Time’, ‘Latency’) were covered by legitimate interest, but upheld the findings on the 31-day retention of all metrics, information deficiencies and security flaws in the video surveillance, and reduced the fine to 15 million EUR.

What organisations can take from it

Store employee performance metrics only for as long and in as much detail as their specific purpose requires.

Authority / court
Conseil d'État
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. c, Art. 12, 13, 32 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
reduced
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more

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24 Nov 2025 SIA "EUROPARK LATVIA"Europark Latvia pays 25,000 EUR for payment reminders sent to outdated addresses LatviaData protection €25,000

Following several complaints, the Datu valsts inspekcija (Latvian Data State Inspectorate, DVI) examined how the parking operator collects contractual penalties: invoices were sent to previous rather than current registered addresses, claims were handed over to debt collection services and entered in the database of Kredītinformācijas Birojs. The authority found breaches of the principles of lawfulness, data minimisation and confidentiality and of the accountability obligation and imposed 25,000 EUR (previous year’s turnover according to the decision: 8,323,178 EUR).

What organisations can take from it

Anyone collecting debts or reporting them to credit agencies must first ensure that address data are up to date.

Relevance to training and awareness

Data quality in receivables management

Authority / court
Datu valsts inspekcija (DVI)
Area of law
Data protection
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, c, f und Abs. 2, Art. 83 Abs. 5 lit. a DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Practice changed after the proceedings began; contracts concluded with the population and vehicle registers (PMLP, CSDD)

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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.

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22 Nov 2024 RyanairRyanair: 107.8 million EUR fine for cabin baggage and seat fees in Spain SpainMisleading advertising and pricing €107.8m

The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs sanctioned Ryanair for charging for hand luggage in the cabin, surcharges for adjacent seats for children and persons requiring assistance, refusal of cash payments at airports, an excessive fee for printing boarding passes and non-transparent price information. At 107,775,777 EUR, Ryanair accounted for the largest share of the total fine of 179 million EUR imposed on five low-cost airlines.

What organisations can take from it

Unavoidable additional charges and surcharges must be included transparently in the final price and must be legally permissible.

Authority / court
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Art. 47 TRLGDCU (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007), infracciones muy graves
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
22 Nov 2024

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22 Nov 2024 VuelingVueling: 39.3 million EUR fine over additional fees and non-transparent prices SpainMisleading advertising and pricing €39.3m

In the same package of sanctions against low-cost airlines, Vueling received a fine of 39,264,412 EUR, including for fees for cabin baggage, surcharges for seats next to accompanied children and misleading omissions in the presentation of prices on its website. The order concludes the administrative proceedings; an action before the Audiencia Nacional (Spain's National High Court) could be brought within two months.

What organisations can take from it

Price components that almost every customer has to pay must not be added later as optional extras.

Authority / court
Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Art. 47 TRLGDCU (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007), infracciones muy graves
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
22 Nov 2024

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13 Nov 2024 Foodinho S.r.l. (Glovo-Gruppe)Garante: 5 million EUR against Glovo subsidiary Foodinho over monitoring of riders ItalyEmployee data €5m

The delivery platform unlawfully processed data on more than 35,000 riders: facial recognition for identity verification, location tracking even outside working hours and automated assessments without human review. Foodinho had already been sanctioned with 2.6 million EUR in 2021; in addition to 5 million EUR, the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) prohibited the biometric processing.

What organisations can take from it

Algorithmic management of workers requires transparency and human review, and must not include tracking outside working hours.

Authority / court
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Area of law
Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis
DSGVO (u. a. Transparenz, biometrische Daten, automatisierte Entscheidungen)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Repeat case
yes
Published
22 Nov 2024

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13 Nov 2024 Posti Jakelu OyPosti: 2.4 million EUR for automatically created e-mailboxes – court annuls fine FinlandData subject rights and transparency overturned

Customers who ordered, for example, mail forwarding automatically received an electronic OmaPosti mailbox that could not be deselected separately; they were also informed insufficiently and in part incorrectly about the activation. The sanctions board of the Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman) found no contractual legal basis for this bundling and imposed 2.4 million EUR together with a reprimand and an order to rectify the situation. On 3 November 2025 the Helsinki Administrative Court upheld the reprimand and the order on account of the insufficient information but annulled the fine, as it considered the processing necessary for the contract on Posti’s electronic services.

What organisations can take from it

Do not sell add-on services on the back of the contractual legal basis – anything not necessary for the main contract requires a separate choice.

Authority / court
Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto – seuraamuskollegio (Datenschutzbeauftragter, Sanktionsgremium)
Area of law
Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
Legal basis
DSGVO Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b, Art. 13, Art. 25
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
overturned
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
15 Nov 2024

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22 Jul 2024 Uber Technologies Inc. und Uber B.V.Uber: 290 million EUR – driver data sent to the USA for two years without a transfer tool NetherlandsInternational data transfers €290m

Uber stored sensitive data of European drivers – including location, payment and identity document data, and in some cases criminal and health data – on servers in the USA and from August 2021 no longer used any transfer tool. Following complaints from more than 170 French drivers, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority, AP) imposed 290 million EUR; it was the AP’s third fine against Uber.

What organisations can take from it

Intra-group transfers to headquarters are third-country transfers – anyone who lets a transfer tool lapse transfers data without a legal basis.

Authority / court
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
Area of law
Data protection · International data transfers
Legal basis
Art. 44 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Repeat case
yes
Published
26 Aug 2024

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20 Mar 2024 Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM)Amsterdam District Court: KLM advertising on sustainable flying misleading NetherlandsMisleading environmental and sustainability claims Other

In a collective action brought by the Fossielvrij foundation, the Amsterdam District Court (Rechtbank Amsterdam) found that 15 KLM advertising claims were misleading and unlawful: they suggested sustainable flying or that offsetting products actually compensate for the climate impact, although biofuels and reforestation reduce it only marginally. KLM bears the costs of the proceedings; further claims were dismissed (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:1512).

What organisations can take from it

Offsetting and SAF offerings must not create the impression of climate-neutral travel; associations can challenge such claims in court.

Relevance to training and awareness

Climate claims and offsetting offers in customer communication

Authority / court
Rechtbank Amsterdam
Area of law
Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims
Legal basis
Wet oneerlijke handelspraktijken (Art. 6:193a ff. BW)
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
20 Mar 2024

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28 Feb 2024 Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Α.Ε. (ΕΛΤΑ, Hellenic Post)Greece: almost 3 million EUR against Hellenic Post after ransomware attack GreeceData breaches and data security €3m

In a cyber attack in 2022, attackers obtained administrator access, disabled protective software, encrypted files and later published stolen data on the darknet. The Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) found that the postal company had not implemented the necessary technical and organisational measures or its own security policy and, by Decision 10/2024, imposed 2,995,140 EUR.

What organisations can take from it

A security policy on paper offers no protection – what is examined is whether it has actually been implemented.

Relevance to training and awareness

Cyber defence, handling of administrator accounts

Authority / court
Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority)
Area of law
Data protection · Data breaches and data security
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping

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22 Jan 2024 Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AGHHLA: failure to publish notices on financial reports GermanyDisclosure and reporting obligations €200,000

HHLA had not announced from when and at which internet address the 2021 annual financial report and the 2022 half-yearly financial report were publicly available. The fine has been final since 14 February 2024.

What organisations can take from it

Safeguard recurring mandatory publications by means of a checklist with named responsible persons and deadlines.

Authority / court
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
Legal basis
§ 114 Abs. 1 Satz 2 i. V. m. § 117 Nr. 1 und § 115 Abs. 1 Satz 2 i. V. m. § 117 Nr. 2 WpHG
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Published
2 Feb 2024

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