Security News > 2020 > May > GDPR enforcement over the past two years

Two years after the GDPR went into effect, official data show that Data Protection Authorities, crippled by a lack of resources, tight budgets, and administrative hurdles, have not yet been able to create adequate GDPR enforcement.

The GDPR's first two years have been marked by crisis, whether internal, external, political, geopolitical, or administrative.

Access Now condemns Hungary's disproportionate decision to limit the application of GDPR rights during the COVID-19 crisis as it gravely endangers people's right to data protection at a time when our personal information, including our health data, is being collected perhaps more than ever.

Enforcement challenges and the UK's insistence on lowering current standards through the Brexit talks have implications for any future negotiations of a so-called adequacy decision between the EU and the UK that would authorize the transfer of data between the two jurisdictions.

Where Data Protection Authorities or courts misuse the GDPR to restrict freedom of the press or stifle civil society's work.

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