Fine · Belgium
IAB Europe: EUR 250,000
- Authority
- Autorité de protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (Belgium)
- Country
- Belgium
- Date
- Decision of 2 February 2022
- Amount
- EUR 250,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Upheld (source)
- Provisions cited
- Article 5(1)(a), Article 5(1)(f), Article 6, Article 12, Article 13, Article 14, Article 24, Article 25, Article 30, Article 32, Article 35, Article 37
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
The ad-industry Transparency and Consent Framework processed users' preference strings without a legal basis, with vague information, weak safeguards, no records, no DPIA and no DPO.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.