Italy: Data Protection Authority fined Character Technologies EUR 158'000 and ordered compliance measures over GDPR violations in Character.AI
Description
Data Protection Authority fined Character Technologies EUR 158'000 and ordered compliance measures over GDPR violations in Character.AI
On 3 July 2026, the Italian Data Protection Authority fined Character Technologies EUR 158'000 and ordered corrective measures for violating Articles 5(2), 12(1), 13(1) and (2), 14(1) and (2), 24(1), 25(2), 27(1) and 35(1) of the General Data Protec…
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