A new survey found that regulators have thus far imposed $126 million worth of fines for data breaches and other GDPR infringements.
According to DLA Piper’s GDPR Data Breach Survey, data protection regulators imposed €114 million (about US$126 million / £97 million) in GDPR-related fines between May 25, 2018 and January 27, 2020. The international law firm pointed out that France, Germany and Austria received the highest totals of those fines at €51 million, €24.5 million and €18 million, respectively.