However, between July 2020 and July 2021 number of GDPR violations increased by 113.5%, while over the same period, the number of GDPR fines experienced 124.92% growth.įines issued to Amazon ( €746 million) and Whatsapp (€225 million) hugely surpassed what was the biggest fine for almost three years (Google €50 million). There were a few setbacks, like an 18 million euro GDPR fine for the Austrian Post that was overturned at the end of 2020 or a significant reduction in the amount of two most-talked-about fines (Marriot and British Airways) due to special circumstances of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) represents a determination of the EU legislators to unify data protection policies and laws throughout the EEU and enforce it with heavy penalties.Īlthough 2020 showed some increase in activity by data protection authorities, in 2021, the ere has been a significant increase in both the number of GDPR fines issued so far and the individual amount of fines.
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