Fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are becoming more frequent and more punitive, according to research released Thursday.
Law firm CMS’s second annual “Enforcement Tracker Report” analyzes all publicly available information in relation to GDPR fines across the European Union. According to the report, data protection authorities (DPAs) issued a total of 287 known GDPR fines between March 2020 and March 2021. This amounts to a 120 percent increase on the 239 penalties issued total (since May 2018) prior to March 2020.
