The first anniversary of the GDPR passed on 25 May 2019 and we are beginning to see publication of the first fines being administered under the new regime by various Supervisory Authorities. In this months, ‘Hot Topics’ Cormac Murphy, Senior Associate Solicitor in Crowley Solicitors, reviews the fines across Europe in the last year, notably, a German fine and an Austrian fine relate fully or in part to the processing of employee-related personal data.
To start, some GDPR statistics below from the European Data Protection Board:
89,000 data breaches logged by EEA Supervisory Authorities in 2018
144,000 queries and complaints received
Total fines imposed from 11 EEA countries of €55,955,871
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