340 GDPR fines for a total of €158,135,806 issued since May 2018

2020-07-16 05:00

Since rolling out in May 2018, there have been 340 GDPR fines issued by European data protection authorities.

Every one of the 28 EU nations, plus the United Kingdom, has issued at least one GDPR fine, Privacy Affairs finds.

The National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has issued 32 fines to date.

UK organizations have been issued just seven fines, totalling over €640,000, by the Information Commissioner.

The largest GDPR fine to date was issued by French authorities to Google in January 2019.

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