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Italy: Italian court cancelled EUR 15 million Italian Data Protection Authority fine against OpenAI

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Italian court cancelled EUR 15 million Italian Data Protection Authority fine against OpenAI

On 18 March 2026, an Italian court cancelled the EUR 15 million (USD 17 million) fine that the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) imposed on OpenAI over the alleged unlawful use of personal data by the generative AI application ChatGPT. The Ita…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2023-03-30
under investigation

On 30 March 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued an order blocking OpenAI's pla…

2023-04-11
under investigation

On 11 April 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced it would suspend its order …

2023-04-28
in force

On 28 April 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced that OpenAI’s platform Chat…

2024-01-29
under investigation

On 29 January 2024, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a notice of objection to OpenAI, the…

2024-12-20
in force

On 20 December 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) published its ruling specifying th…

2025-03-18
in force

On 18 March 2026, an Italian court cancelled the EUR 15 million (USD 17 million) fine that the Ital…