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
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2026-0003
Garante fines Character.AI 158,000 euro over age checks and protection of minors
3 July 2026 · Fine · GDPR · 158,000 euro
Fine of 158,000 euro, decision of 3 July 2026, announced 9 July 2026.
- ConfirmedAI Act directAIT-2026-0002
Garante warns Myndoor over workplace emotion inference, citing AI Act Article 5(1)(f)
14 May 2026 · Warning · GDPR and AI Act · No financial penalty
Formal warning, provvedimento no. 342 of 14 May 2026. No financial penalty.
- Under appealAI adjacentAIT-2025-0003
Garante fines Luka Inc. 5 million euro over the Replika companion chatbot
10 April 2025 · Fine · GDPR · 5 million euro
Fine of 5 million euro, decision of 10 April 2025, announced 19 May 2025.
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2025-0001
Garante blocks DeepSeek in Italy over transfers to China and missing information
30 January 2025 · Ban · GDPR · No financial penalty
Urgent definitive limitation on processing, adopted 30 January 2025.
- AnnulledAI adjacentAIT-2024-0007
Garante fines OpenAI 15 million euro, and the Court of Rome annuls the decision in full
2 November 2024 · Fine · GDPR · 15 million euro
Fine of 15 million euro plus a media campaign order, decision 2 November 2024, announced 20 December 2024.
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2024-0006
Garante fines Foodinho 5 million euro over the algorithms that manage its riders
24 October 2024 · Fine · GDPR · 5 million euro
Fine of 5 million euro, announced 22 November 2024.
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2024-0001
Garante fines the Municipality of Trento 50,000 euro over three AI street surveillance projects
11 December 2023 · Fine · GDPR · 50,000 euro
Fine of 50,000 euro against a municipality, announced 11 January 2024.
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2023-0001
Garante orders ChatGPT off in Italy, then lifts the order four weeks later
30 March 2023 · Interim measure · GDPR · No financial penalty
Urgent temporary limitation adopted 30 March 2023, in effect 31 March 2023.
- ConfirmedAI adjacentAIT-2022-0001
Garante fines Clearview AI 20 million euro over its facial recognition database
10 February 2022 · Fine · GDPR · 20 million euro
Fine of 20 million euro, decision of 10 February 2022, announced 9 March 2022.
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- According to the GAGE EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker (as of 14 September 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 14 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/eu-ai-act-enforcement-tracker/authorities/garante
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