The California Privacy Protection Agency fined Datamasters $45,000 for selling personal health data without proper registration. The firm illegally resold sensitive information about millions, leading to a ban on selling Californians' data and a requirement to delete previously acquired records.

Vodafone GmbH has been fined €45 million ($51.4 million) by Germany's data protection authority for privacy and security violations, including fraud committed by employees of partner agencies and vulnerabilities in its authentication systems. The company has since revamped its processes, severed ties with fraudulent partners, and cooperated fully with the investigation. Vodafone has also donated to organizations focused on data protection and media literacy.