Fine · Netherlands
Minister van Financiën (controller for the Belastingdienst, Dutch Tax Administration): EUR 3,700,000
- Authority
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority)
- Country
- Netherlands
- Date
- Decision of 7 April 2022
- Amount
- EUR 3,700,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Unknown
- Provisions cited
- Article 5(1)(a), Article 5(1)(b), Article 5(1)(d), Article 5(1)(e), Article 32(1), Article 38(1), Article 35(2)
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
Kept an unlawful fraud blacklist (FSV) on about 270,000 people for over six years: no legal basis, inaccurate data, weak security, DPO not involved in the DPIA.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.