Over the last five years of GDPR, the most popular social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Whatsapp, and X, formerly Twitter) were fined over €2.9B for GDPR breaches, of which €765M was ...

Following the European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) landmark judgement of 5 December 2023 (case no. C-807/21), the Higher Regional Court of Berlin specified the requirements for GDPR fine notices issued ...

Since its implementation in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been instrumental in shaping data privacy and protection practices worldwide. In the first few years following ...

When large organizations decide where to base their operations, a jurisdiction's data-regulation enforcement could become as significant a consideration as its tax treatment, if the EU's first ...

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 ...

After five years of the E.U.’s massive data privacy law in effect, few are happy with the results. The E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) touts itself as the toughest data privacy ...

GDPR turned five this week — and celebrated in customary style: by slapping Meta with another eye-watering fine. At a record-breaking €1.2bn, the punishment was the perfect self-gift for the EU ...

It’s been a little over five years since the GDPR came into effect and fines keep amassing — especially for social media platforms. New research by Dutch VPN company Surfshark has found that, since ...

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has enforced the lion’s share of a record €1.78 billion in European GDPR fines over the last year. According to law firm DLA Piper’s annual GDPR and Data Breach ...

The number of organizations notifying their GDPR regulator of a data breach surged by 22% to a daily average of 443 in 2025, according to DLA Piper. The global law firm has been analyzing GDPR ...

Spain’s €1M ($1.1 million) fine on LaLiga premier football league underscores the challenge of balancing privacy rights with public safety as sports leagues increasingly use biometric systems at ...

Small businesses have been warned to avoid companies offering them a way to claim tax refunds through a fake scheme linked to money they set aside to pay potential future General Data Protection ...