GDPR Data Breach Survey: January 2020

According to DLA Piper's latest GDPR Data Breach Survey, €114 million in fines have been imposed by European authorities under GDPR. Over 160,000 data breach notifications have been reported across the 28 European Union Member States plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein since the GDPR came into force on 25th May 2018. According to DLA Piper's latest GDPR Data Breach Survey, data protection regulators have imposed €114 million (approximately US $126 million / £97 million) in fines under the GDPR regime for a wide range of GDPR infringements, not just for data breach.

The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) reported a total of 17.481 data breaches in the period from 28 January 2019 to 27 January 2020 causing GDPR fines for 819,840 euros in the period from 25 May 2018 to 17 January 2020. France, Germany and Austria top the rankings for the total value of GDPR fines imposed with just over €51 million, €24.5 million and €18 million respectively. The Netherlands, Germany and the UK topped the table for the number of data breaches notified to regulators with 40,647, 37,636 and 22,181 notifications each.

The full report can be downloaded by clicking the download link below.