Fine · Austria
Post AG: EUR 18,000,000
- Authority
- Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian Data Protection Authority)
- Country
- Austria
- Date
- Decision of 23 October 2019
- Amount
- EUR 18,000,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Reduced (source)
- Provisions cited
- Article 9(1)
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
Calculated and stored 'party affinity' scores (likely political leanings) for about 2.2 million people and sold some, without consent; also reused parcel data for marketing.
Not fully confirmed: The DSB page does not name the company; the name comes from the Federal Administrative Court's own news page (bvwg.gv.at, 3 Dec 2020). History: annulled 2020 on a procedural point, reinstated on further appeal, cut to EUR 16m (27 Dec 2024), finally set at EUR 13m by the Supreme Administrative Court on 24 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.