Italian court scraps 15-million-euro privacy watchdog fine on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

A Rome court has cancelled a 15‑million‑euro ($17 million) fine that Italy's data protection authority imposed on ChatGPT maker OpenAI, a ruling showed ‌on Thursday.

The ⁠court did not immediately release ​an explanation forits ruling. "We welcome the decision by ​the Court of Rome. We'vealways been committed to respecting user ​privacy and lookforward to ⁠helping ‌more Italian people, businesses ​and ​societybenefit from AI," OpenAI ⁠said in a statement.

The data ​protection authority, known as Garante, ​declinedto comment. The fine was issued in December 2024 over the allegedunlawful use of personal data by the generative ‌AI application.


At the time, OpenAI said the decision ​was "disproportionate" ​and said ⁠it would appeal. In March 2025 the Rome court had temporarily suspended ​thefine, pending a ruling on the merits of the case.

($1 = 0.8718 euros)