On May 25, 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect.
During the two-year preparation phase, after the bill was passed in April 2016, legal observers wondered how severely data commissioners would enforce the law. A little over a year and a half later, GDPR fines are rolling out, and it appears regulators aren't shy about penalizing companies they find at fault.
Although no company was hit with the maximum GDPR fine of 4% of the company's worldwide annual revenue, GDPR fines issued in 2019 were still a force to be reckoned with.
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Victoria Hudgins
I am a reporter for Legaltech News where I cover data privacy, cybersecurity and technology's impact on the business and practice of law.
