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Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali has taken 9 tracked AI enforcement actions, carrying 25.21 million euro in confirmed fines. Its maximum penalty is 20 million euro or 4 percent of worldwide annual turnover (gdpr article 83). The most recent action was announced 9 July 2026.

Mandate

What this authority is for

Enforces the GDPR in Italy. By a distance the most active European authority on AI systems, and the first to cite an AI Act prohibition in a published decision.

Italy's data protection authority. Not the designated AI Act market surveillance authority: Law 132/2025 gives that role to ACN and AgID.

Official site: www.garanteprivacy.it

Powers

What it can actually do

  • Urgent limitation of processing, which can take a service offline within days
  • Administrative fines of up to 20 million euro or 4 percent of worldwide turnover
  • Corrective orders, including deletion and mandatory information campaigns

Maximum penalty. 20 million euro or 4 percent of worldwide annual turnover (GDPR Article 83)

The record

Enforcement actions taken

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According to the GAGE EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker (as of 20 August 2026), garante per la protezione dei dati personali.
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). Garante per la protezione dei dati personali. EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/eu-ai-act-enforcement-tracker/authorities/garante
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"Garante per la protezione dei dati personali." EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 20 August 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/eu-ai-act-enforcement-tracker/authorities/garante.
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). "Garante per la protezione dei dati personali." EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker. Last modified 20 August 2026. https://www.gage.academy/tools/eu-ai-act-enforcement-tracker/authorities/garante.
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