THE RECEIPTS
$9B+ IN PRIVACY FINES AND SETTLEMENTS SINCE 2021.
Paid by Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google for how they collected, kept or used people's data. Privacy cases only; antitrust penalties are not counted. Euro amounts are converted at about 1.10 for the total (≈ $9.4 billion).
META
2021Illinois facial-recognition (BIPA) class settlement · source$650M 2021WhatsApp transparency fine, Ireland DPC · source€225M 2022CNIL cookie-refusal fine, France · source€60M 2022Instagram children's data, Ireland DPC · source€405M 2022Data-scraping breach (533M users), Ireland DPC · source€265M 2022Cambridge Analytica class settlement · source$725M 2023Behavioural-ads legal basis, Ireland DPC · source€390M 2023EU-to-US data transfers, Ireland DPC · source€1.2B 2024Texas biometric settlement · source$1.4B 2024Passwords stored in plain text, Ireland DPC · source€91M 20242018 'View As' breach, Ireland DPC · source€251M GOOGLE
2022CNIL cookie-refusal fine, France · source€150M 2022Arizona location-tracking settlement · source$85M 202240-state location-tracking settlement · source$391.5M 2023California location-tracking settlement · source$93M 2025Texas location, incognito and biometrics settlement · source$1.375B 2025Gmail ads and account cookies, CNIL France · source€325M AMAZON
2021Targeted advertising without consent, Luxembourg CNPD · source€746M 2023FTC: Alexa children's recordings ($25M) and Ring camera access ($5.8M) · source$30.8M APPLE
2025Siri recording class settlement · source$95M NETFLIX
2024Data transparency, Dutch DPA · source€4.75M