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Exercise your right: Complain about privacy violations!
Each EU member state has its own data protection authority. You can reach out to whichever authority you choose with questions and complaints — it doesn’t matter where the company you’re complaining about has its headquarters. Filing a complaint is free of charge for you as a consumer.
In Germany, there is a data protection authority for each federal state, so you can contact these “commissioners for data protection and freedom of information” in your federal state directly. At the federal level, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information is another point of contact.
Below is a list of all data protection authorities in Germany and the EU. If available, links to their complaint forms or contacts are included and some national authorities even offer these links in English as well.
Federal level
Contact for complaints
Baden-Württemberg
Complaint form (PDF)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Complaint form
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Complaint form (PDF)
Rheinland-Pfalz
Complaint form
Sachsen
Contact for complaints
Austria
Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian Data Protection Authority)
Beschwerdeformular (PDF)
Belgium
Autorité de la protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (Data Protection Authority)
Introduire une requête/une plainte / Verzoek of klacht indienen
Bulgaria
Комисия за защита на личните данни (Commission for Personal Data Protection)
Подаване на жалби
Croatia
Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency)
Zahtjev za zaštitu prava
Cyprus
Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Commissioner for Personal Data Protection)
Έντυπα υποβολής παραπόνου
Czech Republic
Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (Office for Personal Data Protection)
Formulář pro podávání stížností (PDF)
Denmark
Datatilsynet (Danish Data Protection Agency)
Klage til Datatilsynet
Estonia
Andmekaitse Inspektsioon (Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate)
Sekkumistaotlus
Finland
Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman)
Jättää valitus
France
Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (National Commission on Informatics and Liberty)
Adresser une plainte
Germany
Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information)
In Germany, each federal state has its own data protection authority. Contact details are in the list above.
Greece
Αρχής Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Hellenic Data Protection Authority)
Καταγγελία στην Αρχή
Hungary
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information)
Tájékoztató az érintetti jogok gyakorlásához kapcsolódó panaszok vizsgálatáról
Ireland
Data Protection Commissioner
Raise a concern
Italy
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italian Data Protection Authority)
Modello di reclamo
Latvia
Datu valsts inspekcija (Data State Inspectorate)
Fiziskas personas iesniegums par Personas datu apstrādes aizsardzības pārkāpumu (DOC)
Lithuania
Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (State Data Protection Inspectorate)
Skundų teikimas
Luxembourg
Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données / Nationale Kommission für den Datenschutz (National Commission for Data Protection)
Formulaire de réclamation / Beschwerdeformular
Malta
Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Send a complaint
Netherlands
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority)
Klacht indienen
Poland
Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych (Personal Data Protection Office)
Skarga w formie elektronicznej
Portugal
Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (Portuguese Data Protection Authority)
Remeter email
Romania
Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing)
Depunerea Plângerilor
Slovakia
Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov (Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic)
Sťažnosti
Slovenia
Informacijski pooblaščenec (Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia)
Prijava kršitev
Spain
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (Spanish Data Protection Agency)
Presentación de reclamación
Sweden
Datainspektionen (Swedish Data Protection Authority)
Blankett: Klagomål och tips (PDF)
United Kingdom
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Make a complaint
