Fine · Germany
Deutsche Wohnen SE: EUR 14,500,000
- Authority
- Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BlnBDI)
- Country
- Germany
- Date
- Decision of 30 October 2019
- Amount
- EUR 14,500,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Reduced (source)
- Provisions cited
- Article 5, Article 25(1)
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
Property company kept years-old tenant documents (pay slips, bank statements, tax and health-insurance data) in an archive system with no means of deleting data no longer needed.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.