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Jurisdictional Intelligence · PT

Portugal

Steady enforcement with landmark health-sector and public-sector sanctions.

Portugal's CNPD is a quiet but consistent enforcer with growing cross-border influence

Total Fines Tracked

€3.4M

EUR equivalent

Average Fine

€342.5K

per enforcement action

Top Sector

health

most-fined industry

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Landmark Cases

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AMA - Agência para a Modernização Administrativa

technology
CNPD-PT2024

CNPD criticized a public digital-services operator for privacy-by-design shortcomings in citizen self-service workflows, engaging GDPR Articles 25 and 32.

€110,000.0

Millennium BCP

technology
CNPD-PT2024

CNPD reviewed banking customer-data governance and found shortcomings in retention and internal access controls under GDPR Articles 5, 24 and 32.

€180,000.0

CUF Saúde

technology
CNPD-PT2023

CNPD sanctioned CUF Saúde for insufficient controls over employee access to patient information and inadequate audit logging under GDPR Articles 5 and 32.

€275,000.0

Universidade do Porto

technology
CNPD-PT2023

CNPD found excessive retention of student and alumni records and incomplete transparency notices, implicating GDPR Articles 5 and 13.

€90,000.0

Vodafone Portugal

technology
CNPD-PT2023

CNPD investigated Vodafone Portugal after a security incident affecting customer data and found deficiencies in technical and organizational measures under GDPR Articles 24 and 32.

€450,000.0

EDP Comercial

technology
CNPD-PT2022

CNPD sanctioned EDP Comercial over direct-marketing and profiling transparency deficiencies, citing GDPR Articles 12, 13 and 21.

€220,000.0

NOS Comunicações

technology
CNPD-PT2022

CNPD reviewed telecom customer-data retention and marketing consent practices at NOS, identifying shortcomings under GDPR Articles 5, 6, 7 and 21.

€300,000.0

Municipality of Lisbon

technology
CNPD-PT2021

CNPD fined Lisbon's municipality after personal data of political activists was shared with foreign embassies without lawful basis, implicating GDPR Articles 5, 6 and 32.

€1.3M

Hospital Garcia de Orta

technology
CNPD-PT2019

CNPD sanctioned the hospital for inadequate access governance and insufficient segregation of user profiles in clinical systems under GDPR Articles 5 and 32.

€150,000.0

Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo

technology
CNPD-PT2018

CNPD fined a Portuguese hospital for allowing excessive numbers of users, including doctors without active functions, to access patient records, violating GDPR Articles 5, 24 and 32.

€400,000.0

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