Germany highest fines issued for violations of GDPR 2024

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Ani Petrosyan,
Nov 26, 2024
Since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, the most significant fine issued in Germany was against the clothing company H&M (Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop) for recording and storing the personal life circumstances of its employees. The fine amounted to over 35,26 million euros and was issued in October 2020. In January 2021, a 10.4 million euros fine was imposed against the electronics retailer notebooksbilliger.de for video-monitoring its employees without a legal basis.

Highest fines issued for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations in Germany as of November 2024 (in euros)

OrganizationAmount of fine in euros
H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG, Oct. 2020 35,258,708
notebooksbilliger.de, Jan 2021 10,400,000
BREBAU GmbH, Mar 2022 1,900,000
Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ('AOK'), Jun 2020 1,240,000
Volkswagen, Jul 2022 1,100,000
Hannoversche Volksbank, Jul 2022 900,000
Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH, Sep 2021 900,000
1&1 Telecom GmbH, Nov 2020 900,000
Company*, Sep 2022 525,000
Deutsche Kreditbank, May 2023 300,000
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2OrganizationAmount of fine in euros35,258,70835,258,70810,400,00010,400,0001,900,0001,900,0001,240,0001,240,0001,100,0001,100,000900,000900,000900,000900,000900,000900,000525,000525,000300,000300,000H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG, Oct. 2020notebooksbilliger.de, Jan 2021BREBAU GmbH, Mar 2022Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ('AOK'), Jun 2020Volkswagen, Jul 2022Hannoversche Volksbank, Jul 2022Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH, Sep 20211&1 Telecom GmbH, Nov 2020Company*, Sep 2022Deutsche Kreditbank, May 2023
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November 2024

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*The name of the company is not mentioned. The source refers to it as a subsidiary of a Berlin-based e-commerce group.

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