GDPR fines issued across Europe totaled €1.2bn ($1.26bn) in 2024, according to new figures published by law firm DLA Piper. These figures represent a 33% decrease in GDPR fines issued by European ...

Thanks to the trail-blazing GDPR, data protection regulations cover most of the planet today. They’re largely designed to uphold the privacy rights of citizens, while placing new responsibilities on ...

Fines for violations of the European Union's landmark privacy law have soared nearly sevenfold in the past year, according to new research. EU data protection authorities have handed out a total of $1 ...

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has enforced the lion’s share of a record €1.78 billion in European GDPR fines over the last year. According to law firm DLA Piper’s annual GDPR and Data Breach ...

The Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO") has clarified the methods it will use to calculate the fines it will issue for breaches of data privacy law in the UK by publishing its latest Data ...

Personal data breach reports rose 22% year-over-year in 2025 Ireland has issued some of the GDPR's biggest fines, including 2025's biggest Geopolitical tensions, new tech and new laws are all to blame ...