Fine · Italy
OpenAI: EUR 15,000,000
- Authority
- Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
- Country
- Italy
- Date
- Decision of 2 November 2024
- Amount
- EUR 15,000,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Annulled (source)
- Provisions cited
- The authority's published text cites no article numbers.
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
ChatGPT: training on personal data without an identified legal basis, lack of transparency, no age verification, and failure to notify a March 2023 breach; also ordered a six-month public information campaign.
Not fully confirmed: Read in the Garante press release of 20 December 2024 (decision no. 755 of 2 November 2024). The decision itself has been removed from the Garante's website after the Tribunal of Rome (judgment no. 4153/2026, published 18 March 2026) upheld the company's objection. 'Annulled' reflects the Garante's own note that the objection was upheld; whether a further appeal is pending was not stated.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.