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title: "Netflix International B.V. fined EUR 4,750,000 (Netherlands, 2024)"
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source: "https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/documents/fine-netflix"
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Fine · Netherlands

# Netflix International B.V.: EUR 4,750,000

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Authority:** Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority)
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Date:** Decision of 26 November 2024
- **Amount:** EUR 4,750,000, as imposed (not converted)
- **Appeal status:** Unknown
- **Provisions cited:** [Article 5(1)(a)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/5#1-a), [Article 12(1)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/12#1), [Article 13(1)(c)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/13#1-c), [Article 13(1)(e)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/13#1-e), [Article 13(1)(f)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/13#1-f), [Article 13(2)(a)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/13#2-a), [Article 15(1)(a)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/15#1-a), [Article 15(1)(c)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/15#1-c), [Article 15(1)(d)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/15#1-d), [Article 15(2)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/15#2)

## What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)

Did not tell customers clearly enough, in its privacy statement and access replies, about purposes, legal bases, recipients, retention and transfers (2018 to 2020).

## Official source

- [Decision or announcement of the authority](https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/documents/fine-netflix)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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