Celle Higher Regional Court significantly reduced a fine against notebooksbilliger.de for unlawful video surveillance.

Fines for violations of the European Union's landmark privacy law have soared nearly sevenfold in the past year, according to new research. EU data protection authorities have handed out a total of $1 ...

The number of organizations notifying their GDPR regulator of a data breach surged by 22% to a daily average of 443 in 2025, according to DLA Piper. The global law firm has been analyzing GDPR ...

Data protection authorities imposed over €1 billion in fines in 2024, but activists complain that violations of the law far too rarely result in penalties. Data protection authorities in Europe ...

Data protection regulators, particularly in Europe, appear to be taking a tough line with large tech firms over data privacy violations. Law firm DLA Piper recorded a total of €1.2bn ($1.26bn) of ...

The French data protection regulator, CNIL, today issued a collective €42 million ($48.9 million) fine to two French telecom companies for GDPR violations stemming from a data breach.… Free and Free ...

Microsoft deputy general counsel Julie Brill spoke with European Data Protection Board chairwoman Andrea Jelinek about lessons learned from the GDPR one year in and ...

Even though 88% of businesses spend over €1 million on GDPR compliance and 40% invest up to €10 million, 80% of their employees still ignore basic password security practices. The formal risk is ...