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title: "OpenAI fined EUR 15,000,000 (Italy, 2024)"
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source: "https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/10085432"
source_note: "Only the authority's decision is authoritative."
text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-29"
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Fine · Italy

# OpenAI: EUR 15,000,000

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

- **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](https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/10085432))
- **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.

## Official source

- [Decision or announcement of the authority](https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/10085432)

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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