Nearly 1.1 billion euros (U.S. $1.2 billion) worth of fines have been issued against organizations in the past year for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to the latest annual report by law firm DLA Piper.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...