Although the GDPR fine value was slightly higher in 2025, the number of personal data breach reports rose even more.

A Romanian individual shared sensitive personal information of people whom they said were scammers. This earned the offender ...

Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators ...

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 ...

According to the study, the average number of daily reports has risen above 400 for the first time since the GDPR came into force across the EU on May 25, 2018. With 443 reports of violations per day, ...

Data protection authorities imposed over €1 billion in fines in 2024, but activists complain that violations of the law far too rarely result in penalties. Data protection authorities in Europe ...

In the final quarter of 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...

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 ...

The CJEU has decided that the maximum thresholds for GDPR fines should be calculated using the global turnover of the broader corporate group, not solely the infringing entity. The penalties ...

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 ...

Authorities in the Netherlands have smacked Haga Hospital with a GDPR fine. Authorities in the Netherlands recently levied a €460,000 ($516,000) fine under the General Data Protection Regulation ...

European regulators handed out over €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in GDPR-related fines throughout 2025, marking only a small increase compared with the year before despite a sharp rise in data breach ...