The Register: Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

EU Data Breach Notifications Surge As GDPR Changes Loom

EU data breach notifications have surged 22% in the last year and GDPR fines remain high, according to a new report from law firm DLA Piper. The “sustained high level of data enforcement activity across Europe” noted in the report occurs amid the EU Digital Omnibus legislative process that critics say could substantially weaken the GDPR’s data privacy provisions. Given the high number of data breach notifications, the report noted, “It is perhap…

The Register: Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

The Register: Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up . “GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe’s regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.”