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Rome court upholds OpenAI’s appeal against the Garante’s €15m ChatGPT decision

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Source: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

The Tribunal of Rome upheld OpenAI’s appeal against the Garante’s decision No. 755 of 2 November 2024, which had fined OpenAI €15 million over ChatGPT, in judgment No. 4153/2026 published on 18 March 2026. The Garante removed the decision from its website after the ruling.

Why it matters

The €15m fine and six-month campaign order against OpenAI no longer stand in Italy after the ruling, which other EU privacy regulators can weigh in their own ChatGPT cases.

When
18 Mar 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0121
Who
Tribunal of Rome, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, OpenAI
Authority
Tribunal of Rome
Target
Garante (fine on OpenAI)
Action
ruling: fine annulled; €15m (annulled)
Status
decided · Enforcement ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Garante per la protezione dei dati personali. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereItaly’s data protection authority fines OpenAI €15m over ChatGPT

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WTA-N-2026-0121: “Rome court upholds OpenAI’s appeal against the Garante’s €15m ChatGPT decision.” wheresthe.ai, 18 Mar 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/it-rome-tribunal-annuls-garante-openai-fine-2026-03/ (source: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali).

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