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Fine over opaque automated credit decision

The HmbBfDI published a €492,000 fine against a finance company. The authority describes fully automated rejections of online credit-card applications and says the company accepted the fine.

!A published action is evidence of official activity—not automatically a finding of infringement.
Authority
Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Subject
Unnamed Hamburg finance company
Technology / system
Automated credit-card decision
Action type
administrative fine
Procedural status
final
Action date
30 September 2025
Publication date
30 September 2025
Effective date
not published
Officially stated amount
€492,000
Legal basis
GDPR

Exact technology passage

“vollautomatisierte Ablehnung von Online-Kreditkartenanträgen”

Location in source: Abschnitt „Diskriminierung durch automatisierte Entscheidungen“

Official primary evidence

HmbBfDI-2025-09-30-Zwischenbilanz2025 interim report: fines totalling €775,00030 September 2025 · DE · press-releaseOpen official source ↗